About the Church
The Church of St John the Baptist at Kankaļi is a Roman Catholic church in the village of Kankaļi, in Mazzalve eldership, Aizkraukle Municipality, in the region of Selonia. It belongs to the Diocese of Jelgava and is regarded as a wooden-architecture monument of European significance.
In 1870 a wooden burial chapel was built in the Kankaļi cemetery, which in 1923 was consecrated as a parish church on the feast day of St John the Baptist. It is a small log-built structure on a stone foundation.
Services are held in this church once a year, during the feast (atlaidai) of St John the Baptist.
In 1870 a wooden burial chapel was built in the Kankaļi cemetery, which in 1923 was consecrated as a parish church on the feast day of St John the Baptist. It is a small log-built structure on a stone foundation.
Services are held in this church once a year, during the feast (atlaidai) of St John the Baptist.