The first wooden church was built in Raseiniai in 1416-1421 on the so-called Misijos Hill near the road to Jurbarkas. Priests of the diocese were residing at the church until 1642. One of the first known priests of the church at the end of the 15th century was called Peter. In 1642, Bishop of Samogitia Jurgis Tiškevičius invited Dominicans and transferred Raseiniai Church to them with the entire funding and the parish. Soon Pope Urban VIII legalized the settlement of monks in Raseiniai by his decree and King Wladyslaw IV Vasa confirmed the existing property of the monastery too, by also assigning 300 voloks of land with villages. In 1663, Dominican constructed the first wooden church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and in 1682 they built a wooden monastery. In 1729, the buildings were ignited by lightning. The new masonry church and the monastery were constructed in about 1783. It was designed by the then prior of the monastery, architect Liudvikas Grincevičius (born in 1717, died in 1783) reburied in Raseiniai church. In 1850, the church was consecrated by Bishop of Samogitia Motiejus Valančius. In 1886, the monastery was closed by the order of the Tsar, and the church was transferred to secular priests. As the Dominican province of the Guardian Angel with its center in Raseiniai was renewed in Lithuania, Dominican monks returned to Raseiniai Church and the monastery in 1932-1940. Father Bonaventura Pauliukas was appointed the Vicar General of the province. In 1934, as the 700th anniversary of the St. Dominican Canonization was commemorated, a monument for St. Dominic was built in the yard between the church and the monastery. In 1935, the Lourdes Chapel was constructed according to a project by engineer Antanas Adomenas. The Raseiniai Unit of Martynas Mažvydas National Library is currently functioning in the buildings of the monastery.
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