Sacrality and nationality of the theatre

Lietuvos Katalikų Bažnyčia yra nemažai nusipelniusi tautinei kultūrai. Dramatiškais Lietuvai laikais Bažnyčia, vykdydama savo pastoracinį darbą, naudojo teatrą kaip sielovados formą, kaip tautinio sąmoningumo apraišką. Palėvenės vienuolyno sakralinio meno šventė yra genetiškai susijusi su senąja lietuvių teatrine kultūra.The festival of sacral art is organise Monastery. While describing and analysing performances of modern theatre groups, there are attempts to trace the contribution to the culture, which was made by Lithuanian Catholic Church. Various forms of cultural activities performed by the Church are compared. Those forms were used at all difficult times in Lithuanian history, such as the prohibition of the press, several Russian occupations, and the epoch of bolshevism. Having compared the cultural activities performed by the Church in different epochs, it is proved that Lithuanian Catholic Church has been always protecting the nationality of the Catholicism, from the time of the bishop M. Giedraitis till the time of the bishop J. Kauneckas