Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church, Kaunas

In 1923 the church was renovated and reconsecrated by the Lithuanian Orthodox metropolitan Elevferiy (Bogojavlensky).

At the same time, the church was elevated to the rank of the cathedral of Vilnius and all Lithuania Orthodox diocese, despite its small dimensions.

The metropolitan soon realised that the small church could not serve as the cathedral and wanted to enlarge it.

However, in 1930 the idea was abandoned, because the local government agreed to support financially the construction of a new Orthodox cathedral.

In 2000, the church was given back to the Orthodox diocese, but it is still closed, with only one icon kept inside to stress the sacral character of the place.