Kretinga Bernardine Monastery

The Bernardine Monastery in Kretinga, Lithuania is the oldest monastery in Northern Lithuania. The monastery building is connected with the Church of the Lord's Revelation to Virgin Mary. The masonry buildings of the monastery and the church were built in 1605–1617. They were sponsored by a nobleman of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, on his wife's initiative, and the development of the whole town of Kretinga is directly tied to the establishment of the Bernardine monastery.