page_title: Church of the Discovery of the Holy Cross, Vilnius
section_title: 19th century
hierarchical_section_title: Church of the Discovery of the Holy Cross, Vilnius / History / 19th century
caption_attribution_description: Беларуская (тарашкевіца)‎: Вільня (Vilnia), Кальварыя (Kalvaryja). Касьцёл Адшуканьня Сьвятога Крыжа
context_page_description: The Church of the Discovery of the Holy Cross is a Roman Catholic church in Jeruzalė neighborhood of Vilnius, Lithuania. Located on the right bank of Neris River, it is the centerpiece of the Vilnius Calvary, a 35-station Way of the Cross.
context_section_description: In 1812, during the French invasion of Russia, the French soldiers turned the church into a barrack and a hospital. After the war ended, the soldiers robbed the church. Sometime after, there was a fire which destroyed the church's library with the archives, thus eradicating many important documents relating to the church's history. In 1850, the Emperor of Russia Alexander III closed the monastery and gave the church to the Orthodox Christians.
caption: The church in the 19th century
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