Vilnius Church of St. Catherine, or Catherine, as was said in old times, in his first architectural option was wooden. Belonged to the late Baroque style. It was one of the most beautiful churches of Lithuania. It belonged to the convent of the Benedictines.

Its present form the Church of Saint Catherine received in the process of reconstruction 1743. Devastating fires raging in the city some years before, touched on this temple. That's why he had to reconstruct. The work was carried out under the direct supervision of the designer - architect Globicus.

Intricate patterned facade Gables and surprisingly graceful towers are the fruit of imagination and creative thinking of this particular architect. The Church is the building in the late Baroque style, decorated in the Rococo style. In the reconstruction above the main facade were built with two different sides wonderful four-tiered tower in the Rococo style. In the Central part of the facade Glaubitz built a new pediment, rising between the towers at the level of the third tier.

The lower tier is decorated modestly, but emphasizes its rigor rich portal, decorated in the Baroque style. It is framed by an embossed columns, pilasters and ornamental cartouche with coats of arms. Windows and niches of the second tier of richly ornamented. The third tier is similar to the second, but it looks even richer at the expense of the high, graceful pediment. It perfectly completes the overall architectural line.

Under the pediment, on the second floor of the main facade has two built in niches with statues of St. Benedict and St. Catherine. At the level of the fourth tier of the tower are narrowed. In the vacant space built openwork lattice and decorative vases. In the air interlacing lattice is read room 1743. On the fourth tier there is a fifth, the small tier, that features the helmets of bulbous form. The interior is harmoniously complemented by nine altars, built in the Baroque style. The interior walls of the Church is decorated with paintings by eminent painter of the 18th century, Shimon Chekhovich.

The heyday of the monastery occurred in the late 17th – early 18th centuries, when the monastery received Sibylla Magdalena and Anna, the daughter of a Lithuanian magnate Jan PAC. In 1700 he bequeathed to the monastery of great riches. During this period the nuns of the monastery supported book publishing. The monastery library was created, which was one of the largest libraries in the congregation. Currently this invaluable collection of books is in storage Lithuanian national library named after M. mažvydas.

During the French invasion of 1812, the Church was subjected to the destructive actions of the French soldiers and was looted. In his room was placed pharmacy warehouse. Before the war in the building of the monastery operated a boarding school for girls, but then it was abolished.

Suffered in the temple and during the Second world war. Under the Soviet regime, established in 1946, the Church was closed. In the premises of the monastery were built flats and various secular institutions. The Church became a warehouse for Art Museum, which is in the process of nationalization was transferred to the Church. The nuns had to leave in search of a new abode. Many of them were forced to leave the country and go to Poland.

In 1990 the Church was returned to the Vilnius Archdiocese. For a long time the Church was still not operating. In 2003, the city administration has signed with the Archbishopric of an agreement under which first undertook to carry out restoration work in non-functional churches, in return for their subsequent twenty years of use for cultural activities. The state invested in the restoration of six million litas. In 2006, visitors were able to see the restored Church. Now here is the cultural centre of Vilnius.