Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Grodno
Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Belarusian: Касцёл Найсвяцейшай Дзевы Марыі; Lithuanian: Švenčiausios Mergelės Marijos bažnyčia; Polish: Kościół Najświętszej Maryi Panny) was a Roman Catholic parish church in the city of Grodno. It was founded by Vytautas, Grand Duke of Lithuania before 1389 during the Christianization of Lithuania. Because of its founder, it was commonly referred to as Vytautas' Church (Belarusian: Фара Вітаўта; Lithuanian: Vytauto bažnyčia; Polish: fara witoldowa). Rebuilt as a Gothic church around 1494, it was one of Grodno's principal Catholic churches until the post-World War II Soviet occupation. It was used by the Russian Orthodox Church since 1804 for roughly a century after the Catholic church was confiscated by the Russian Tsar.