{"id":100506,"date":"2026-07-26T11:29:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T11:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=100506"},"modified":"2026-07-26T11:29:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T11:29:04","slug":"hidden-for-200-years-vast-baroque-murals-rediscovered-in-vilnius-st-johns-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/hidden-for-200-years-vast-baroque-murals-rediscovered-in-vilnius-st-johns-church\/","title":{"rendered":"\u7ef4\u5c14\u7ebd\u65af\u5723\u7ea6\u7ff0\u6559\u5802\u91cd\u65b0\u53d1\u73b0\u9690\u85cf 200 \u5e74\u7684\u5de8\u5e45\u5df4\u6d1b\u514b\u58c1\u753b"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Hidden beneath layers of paint for more than 200 years, one of the largest surviving Baroque Christian painting programs in the Baltic region has emerged inside St. John\u2019s Church at Vilnius University in Lithuania.The church, formally named the Church of St. John the Baptist and St. John the Apostle and Evangelist, has yielded a discovery that is both archaeological and religious.It reveals an almost untouched vision of Catholic worship from the 18th century and offers new evidence that Lithuania was\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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