In Vilnius one of the oldest Gothic buildings is the Church of St. Nicholas. He is one of the surviving Catholic churches, which is a monument of history and architecture. Before the second world war, the St. Nicholas Church was the center of religious life.

Founded the Church during the reign of Grand Duke Gediminas, prior to the adoption of Catholicism in Lithuania. It was built for foreign merchants and craftsmen.

The brick Church was built within five years from 1382. And the first documentary mention of this sacred building date back 1387-1397 years. Like many churches – the Church many times reconstructed and restored. Historians argue that extant documentary the act of consecration of the Church in 1514.

After the fire in 1749 in the architecture of the temple has been amended, executed in the Rococo style. During the time of Napoleon's invasion the Church, like many other buildings, was damaged by troops of the French army. In the first half of the nineteenth century was attached to the Church the bell tower, which bears the features of classicism, was built a stone fence. In 1972 by architect Jonas Zibolis the temple was again restored.

Almost square, small in size, the temple with massive walls, built of red brick has characteristic features in the Gothic style, which is combined with elements of the Romanesque style.

The temple is a three-nave hall type with a short triangular aspide and diagonal buttresses at angles. Modest portal of the temple enlivened with decorative rows of profiled bricks. The triangular pediment is decorated with three groups of niches of different heights. Within the walls of the asps there are niches.

In the courtyard outside the temple in 1957 established the statue of the patron Saint – St. Christopher, who was killed during the bombing of Vilnius, of priest – Cristulata Chimeras. The statue of St. Christopher with the child on hands and text on the pedestal was created by the sculptor Antanas Chmelauskas, at the request of the Prelate of Chelovek of Crepitis.

The interior of the temple with its elegance and beauty is very different from the modest appearance. Four octagonal piers, built of shaped bricks, support net vaults. Keel arch separates the chancel from the nave.

The Church has three altars. The main altar is decorated with statues of St. Christopher, St. Teresa, St. Clare and St. Joseph. Between the columns are the figures of babies. The left altar is also decorated with statues of St. Casimir and St. George, and St. Nicholas. The right altar is decorated with a bas-relief of the Grieving Mother of God.

To celebrate the 500th anniversary since the death of Grand Duke Vytautas Magnus in 1930 through the efforts of Vilna, the Lithuanian Church was erected the monument. The monument itself is created from bronze and marble by Rafał Yakhimovich. In 1936, around the monument was erected fence with two swords.

After the second world war, the Church was a memorial plate in memory of the rector of the Church of Kristalose Chiperase serving in the Church from 1924 to 1942 years.

In our day the Church operates – there are services in the Lithuanian language.