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The Vilnius University Library has published a collection of digitized historical documents "Union Collection" (Unijos collection). The collection includes documents (manuscripts, letters, printed books, plans, paintings, illustrations) for the history of the Uniate Church from the resources of the Vilnius University Library. Many of these documents concern the history of the Basilian orders.
Link to the collection: Unijos kolekcija | Skaitmeninės kolekcijos (vu.lt)
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On the initiative of Dr. Ina Kažuro, on May 7, 2024, a plaque commemorating the activities of the printing house run by the Basilian Order in Vilnius was unveiled on the building of the former Basilian monastery next to the Holy Trinity Church in Vilnius. The Basilian printing house in Vilnius operated intermittently from 1628 to 1839 and published over 700 books and other prints in many languages.
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The article presents the involvement of the Basilian Order of the Lithuanian Province in the development of the exact and natural sciences in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth between 1773 and 1839. The dissolution of the Jesuit Order created an opportunity for the Basilians to develop their educational activities. They were the only religious congregation that responded to the offer of cooperation from the Commission of National Education. Many of them were educated at the University of Vilnius. They chose to attend lectures on physics, mathematics, astronomy, natural history, and mineralogy. They used the knowledge they acquired in their didactic work in schools, scientific activities and in the transfer of knowledge to society at large. By engaging in the development of scientific education, the Basilians created an educational path which enabled the intellectual development of young people from peripheral areas and social advancement based on intellectual potential. The activities of the monks contributed to the development of the Vilnius academic community and the improvement of the level of education.
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- Places of Marian cult in the Lithuanian province of the Basilians in the 17th-18th centuries are the subject of an article published in the magazine "Saeculum Christianum", volume 30, no. 2 (2023).
- Activities of the Basilians in two monasteries in Jakobstadt (Courland) and Iłłukszta (Semigalia)
- Lecture dr. Dzianis Liseichykau
- International Scientific Conference