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Suvalkiečių vitražas. Marijampolės bažnyčia.
Dievo Tarnas arkiv. J. Matulaitis.
Paiminklas Rainių miškelio kaniniams. Rimšos
vargo mokyklą.
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Suvalkietis region stained glass. Marijampole church and J. Matulaitis.
Suvalkija is the smallest of the five
cultural regions of Lithuania. Its unofficial capital is Marijampolė.
Jurgis Matulaitis, born 13 April 1871 in the
village of Lūginė, near Marijampolė, was a Roman Catholic Bishop of Vilnius
from 1918 to 1925 and founder of the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of
the Blessed Virgin Mary. On 28 June 1987, Pope John Paul II beatified him as
the Blessed Jurgis Matulaitis.
Petras Rimša (November 3, 1881 in Naudžiai,
Vilkaviškis district (Suvalkija) – October 2, 1961 in Kaunas) was one of the
first professional Lithuanian sculptors and medalists.
Rimša's early works are highly patriotic
and realistic. His early work The Lithuanian School (Lietuvos mokykla also
Vargo mokykla) depicts a mother teaching her child to read in his native
Lithuanian language in between her yarn spinning. This has become a symbol of
the Lithuanian resistance to the Lithuanian press ban (1864–1904) and was featured
on the 5 litas banknote. It was inspired by his personal childhood education
and experiences of his book smuggler brother.
At the bottom is written; Dieve grąžink
laisvę kenčiančiai tautai. Suvalkiečiai 1972
God, Free the suffering nation. Suvalkija 1972.
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