Unique 150-Year-Old Necropolis Reveals Some Secrets About Who The Christians Were In Medieval Pagan Vilnius City, Lithuania

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The study was conducted by researchers from Vilnius University, the Lithuanian Institute of History, and foreign research centers, and focused their investigation on the Boksto cemetery in Vilnius, which was one of the largest medieval Christian necropolises in pagan Lithuania, and radiocarbon dates suggest that this cemetery functioned for approximately 150 years.

Vilnius, now the capital of Lithuania, was first mentioned in letters written by Grand Duke Gediminas in 1323 AD. He sent these letters to cities across Europe, inviting merchants to come and settle in Vilnius. Image credit: Antiquity (2026) Compilation AncientPages.com

There, the Orthodox community could freely demonstrate its religious affiliation in pagan Vilnius and bury its dead in accordance with its own traditions.

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