Monastery of the Holy Trinity, Vilnius
Monastery of the Holy Trinity is a monastery built in Vilnius by the Ruthenian Church and Grand Hetman of Lithuania Konstanty Ostrogski as a thanksgiving to the God for the victory in Battle of Orsha. It now belongs to the Order of Saint Basil the Great and the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
The Basilian Gate as seen from the city's central street
Front façade of the Greek Catholic Church of Holy Trinity in Vilnius
Main altar of the church
The church in 1870
The Battle of Orsha, was fought on 8 September 1514, between the allied forces of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, under the command of Lithuanian Grand Hetman Konstanty Ostrogski; and the army of the Grand Duchy of Moscow under Konyushy Ivan Chelyadnin and Kniaz Mikhail Bulgakov-Golitsa. The Battle of Orsha was part of a long series of Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars conducted by Muscovite rulers striving to gather all the former Kievan Rus' lands under their rule.
Battle of Orsha painting attributed to Hans Krell
Russo-Polish war, image from Jacob Piso Die Schlacht von dem Kunig von Poln und mit dem Moscowiter, 1514
Russian campaign against the Lithuanians (oil on canvas by Sergey Ivanov, 1903).
Hussars during the Battle of Orsha (1514)
