Basilica of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Švč. Mergelės Marijos Gimimo Bazilika
One summer day, in 1608, a number of children were playing while tending their sheep in a field on the outskirts of the village of Siluva. They beheld a beautiful young woman standing on the rock holding a baby in her arms and weeping bitterly. The apparition of Our Lady of Siluva helped restore the Faith to a town which had lost its Catholic identity to the Calvinists.
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Basilica of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Švč. Mergelės Marijos Gimimo Bazilika
One summer day, in 1608, a number of children were playing while tending their sheep in a field on the outskirts of the village of Siluva. They beheld a beautiful young woman standing on the rock holding a baby in her arms and weeping bitterly. The apparition of Our Lady of Siluva helped restore the Faith to a town which had lost its Catholic identity to the Calvinists.