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Village in Samogitia, Lithuania
Kolainiai
Village
Kolainiai Roman Catholic ChurchKolainiai Roman Catholic Church
Kolainiai is located in LithuaniaKolainiaiKolainiaiLocation of Kolainiai
Coordinates: 55°45′N 22°36′E / 55.750°N 22.600°E / 55.750; 22.600
Country Lithuania
Ethnographic regionSamogitia
CountyŠiauliai County
MunicipalityKelmė District Municipality
EldershipUžventis eldership
First mentioned1512
Population
 • Total261
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Kolainiai is a village in Kelmė District Municipality, Lithuania. It is located about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) southwest from Užventis. According to the 2011 census, it had population of 261.

In 1750, local noble Adamkavičius bequeathed his manor and land with serfs to the Carmelites. He also built a monastery and a church for the monks. In 1797, the monks took over the administration of the Kražiai College, a former Jesuit school. After Tsarist authorities secularized the college in 1817, the Carmelites established their own school in Kolainiai. The school was closed in 1835 after the November Uprising. The monastery itself was closed after the January Uprising of 1863. Russian settlers from Blagoveshchensk (Amur Oblast) were moved into the monastery; the town became known as Blagoveshchenskoye (Russian: Благовещенское). The Catholic Church was converted into an Eastern Orthodox church. Catholics reclaimed the church in 1922 after Lithuania declared independence in 1918.

In 1940, one of the residential homes of Kolainiai was converted into an Orthodox church by the local Orthodox residents, dedicated to the Smolensk icon of the Mother of God. The church was officially registered in 1947 with the government. Services are several times a year by visiting clergy.

References

  1. Results of the 2011 Population and Housing Census of the Republic of Lithuania (PDF). Statistics Lithuania. 2013. p. 543. ISBN 978-9955-797-19-7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2014-06-14.
  2. "Храм в честь иконы Божией матери «Смоленская»".
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