In Medininkai in 1391 a parish was founded and one of the first churches in Lithuania was built. For some time (except for 1528-1540) the parish was ruled by the monastery of regular penitential canons. Around the 17th-18th centuries. There is no data on church reconstructions. in 1655 During the ATR-Moscow war, the church was destroyed by the Russian army.
in 1788 a new wooden church was built. She in 1812 looted, the monastery, library and archive burned down. in 1831 the village of Slabadka belonged to the church. in 1832 the monastery and the church are closed. She in 1835 transported to Salas. Landlady Kaminskienė in 1858. built a chapel. A priest has been appointed to Medininki. in 1865 the chapel was closed, and in 1868 - demolished. Since 1900 residents repeatedly asked the authorities for permission to build a church. Although in 1907 the project of a new wooden church was approved, but by 1915 building is not allowed. In Medininki in 1915 St. The mass was celebrated by the Catholic chaplain of the German army, later by the pastor of Tabariškii, Mykolas Sopočka. He built a chapel on the site. in 1916 it is installed in another layer, a belfry is built. in 1918 Pastor Jonas Semaškevičius was appointed. in 1922 May 29 the foundations of the current wooden church were consecrated. It was built only in 1931. The church has a rectangular plan, one tower, basilica, trinave, with a porch, a tower. There is a wooden belfry in the churchyard. The churchyard fence is wooden.
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