Composition "The Path of Pain and Suffering"
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In 1989, the composition of Three Crosses “The Path of Pain and Suffering” was unveiled next to the wooden bell tower of the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Radviliškis, dedicated to the memory of Lithuanian martyrs, exiles, and political prisoners who died in the vastness of Siberia. Its authors are V. Vaicekauskas, A. Dovydaitis, and E. Gaubas. On June 14, 1995, on the Day of Mourning and Hope, the Path of Pain and Suffering was consecrated next to the Three Crosses – railway tracks symbolizing the trains that transported people from Radviliškis to exile. The Wall of Memory, made of field stones, is a monument to those who did not return from the distant vastness of Siberia. The tracks are broken, like the fates of the exiled people. In 2001, On June 14, 2018, to commemorate the Day of Mourning and Hope and the 60th anniversary of exile, an Oak of Hope was planted near this symbolic memorial.
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