Church of St. Paraskeva, Vilnius

The first Orthodox church of St. Paraskeva was constructed at the request of Grand Duke Algirdas's first wife, Maria Yaroslavna of Vitebsk, who was subsequently buried there in 1346.

According to tradition, the church was built on the site of a temple to the pagan god, Ragutis[citation needed].

Three years later, the victorious tsar decided to grant some of the conquered Swedish flags to St. Paraskeva's church.

Although it was renovated again, the Stalinist government didn't allow the Russian Orthodox Church to start holding its services there.

At first, a Museum of Atheism was to be opened there, but in the end the church was turned into a gallery of Lithuanian folk art.