Kenessa

Historical Relic of a Bygone Era

Historians are interested in this relic of a bygone era and the almost vanished Karaite community, an minority form of Judaism which pretends not to be Judaism after countless centuries of isolation. ...

Interesting Religious Building

Virtually impossible to find open, but worth a trip on the 1 or7 trolleybus to admire from the outside. Built be the Karaite Jews, a Turkic branch closely connected with Istanbul historically. The fa...

Unique

There are only about 20 Kenesa's surviving in the world, 3 of them in Lithuania. Kenesa in Zverynas area in Vilnius is from 1923, operating since reconstruction in 1993, but closed for outsiders. Ther...

Beautiful structure and interesting History

Cross the river for this little gem. Unfortunately it was closed. It belongs to a dwindling sect of Turkic Jews brought to Lithuania in the 14th century from Crimea. I was hoping to get a look insid...