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Address: Cirīša Street 8, Aglona, Preiļi.
Phone: +371 65381109
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Information:
The first church of the Dominicans built a wooden 1700.g. together
with the monastery.
The first pilgrimages to Aglona started because of healing
cases. Year 1768 was started stone church and the convent building. It was
completed and consecrated year 1780.
Tsarist Russia were forbidden to admit new people to the monastery
and so the latter died in the late 19th century convent of the
brothers. This is why later Aglona began to serve ordinary priests. The
first bishop of Latvian origin - A. Springovičs was consecrated in
1920. He Aglonas church chose the bishops renewed Riga cathedral. The
monastery was opened Spiritual Workshop.
1980 Aglonas pope gave the church "Basilica minoris" - "small basilica" title.
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 06 December 2008 )
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