Skarulių šv. Onos bažnyčios dendrochronologiniai tyrimai ir pastato istorija

ENAnalysis of the timber from St. Anne's Church in Skaruliai was carried out in 2018. The research aimed to revise the time of the construction of the churchand to reconstruct the history of repair works. The results of dendrochronological dating were compared with the facts recorded in archival documents. The oldest timber found in three beams of theceiling was dated to 1572–1574. The beams from the earlier building were reused. The dates question the traditionlly established fact that Andriejus Skorulskis built the church in 1620–1622. Based on dendrochronological dates of timber constructions and historical sources, it is possible to date the time of the construction of the church to 1592–1606. The building of the church might have begun in as early as 1592, because a deed was drawn up in Skaruliai on 29 June of that year by which the rights of collators of the church and the parsonage passed to Andrfius Miknevičius Skorulskis and his wife. Dating of the beams indicates that construction work in the church took place in the 1600s. The visitation act of 1716 testifies the fact that the church was already in place in the 1600s. The act mentions that on 21 August 1606, a sculptural group of the Crucifix with Sorrowful Virgin Mary abd St. John the Evangelist was raised on the wooden beam on the pillars above the presbyterian arch. Dating of St. Anne's Church in Skaruliai revealed at least five periods of the building renovation: 1670–1676, 1714–1716, 1731, 1756–1760, and after 1812.