Lekėčiai St. Kazimieras Church

Lekėčiai St. Kazimieras Church

In the Center of Lekėčiai

Lekėčiai St. Kazimieras Church was built in 1843.

The beginning of this church dates back to 1843. built a wooden chapel. Some­times the priest of Zapyškis arrived at it to keep St. Mass. 1906 a parish was founded here. Her first pastor, Justin Staugaitis, raised the chapel and turned it into a church. 1907 Žiburys Society Divisi­on was established. 1908-1910 The Department of Lithu­anian Catholic Abstinence acted. 1908 an unfinished parsonage burnt down. The Church is a form of folk archi­tecture. It is a rectangular plan building with a gable roof and a small pyramid tower in front of a scarf. Only the door in the rear wall with a protective shelter and a window on the front highlights the true pur­pose of the building. The pla­ne of the side walls diversifies the pilasters with the captains at the edges of each window. It is a rarity in wooden churches. The rear wall timpani is deco­rated with a relief cross and three triangular cells. The cul­tural values in the churchyard are the ornamented cross, the cross with the chapel and the sculptural group of the Cruci­fied