Why pilgrims come
Discover what makes Gate of Dawn Chapel of Our Lady of Mercy a place of pilgrimage
A surviving city gate crowned by the Carmelite chapel and the venerated image of Our Lady of Mercy, a devotion shared across Lithuania, Poland, Belarus, and Ukraine and connected with the first public veneration of the Divine Mercy image in 1935.
Stand where Marian devotion, the old city wall, Polish-Lithuanian Catholic memory, and the early public history of the Divine Mercy image meet.
What to notice
Look closely at the place and its story
The Mother of Mercy icon
Pray before an image that became a spiritual home across several nations.
First public Divine Mercy veneration
Recall the 1935 display that joined Faustina’s new image to an older Marian shrine.
A regional Catholic memory
Hear Lithuanian and Polish histories together without claiming the shrine for only one national story.
Feasts, anniversaries & celebrations
How to read this page
Sources, tradition, and what is verified
No verification date is listed, so current visitor details should be confirmed directly.
This page records the site’s tradition as “Catholic.” That wording describes the nature of the claim and keeps devotional tradition distinct from independently verified history.
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