The Šlapaberžė Church was built in 1861 with funds from the then owner of the Šlapaberžė manor, Tadas Gintautas, as a manor chapel. After the 1863 uprising, T. Gintautas lost the manor and the building passed to other owners. In 1906, on the initiative of priest Antanas Jakas, the chapel became a separate parish church.
The church is distinguished by its late classicism and neo-Renaissance architectural features: a three-arch portico with columns, a triangular pediment, and modest decorative elements.
Lithuanian volunteer Mykolas Kvinta is buried in the churchyard. He ensured that services in Lithuanian were held here at the beginning of the 20th century.
The wooden bell tower was built in the 19th century along with the church. In 2024, it was renovated on the initiative of the community. Three new church bells, cast in Poland at the renowned Kruševski brothers’ bell foundry, ring in the bell tower. The largest bell weighs 150 kg, and the smaller ones weigh 80 kg and 60 kg.
Blacksmith Česlovas Pečetauskas Museum in the Bell Tower
After the bell tower was restored, an exhibition of the works of blacksmith Česlovas Pečetauskas was installed in it in 2025. It features sacred and decorative metalwork: crosses, suns, candlesticks, and other examples of artistic blacksmithing. In the museum, you will see a special exhibit – a bell cast in 1717 and donated by Father Stanislovas. Also preserved here are bricks from the Pečiora asphalt factory, marked with the Star of David and the year of the factory’s founding, ‘1871’. These were discovered beneath the floor during the renovation of the Šlapaberžė Community Centre building.
Visits upon prior arrangement: +370 611 07 290, Ms. Diana
Address
Šlapaberžė, Dotnuva Neighbourhood, Kėdainiai District
Working hours
Open during Holy Mass
