kenesa

Žvėrynas is the site of Vilnius' only kenesa.

Starting from the northern entrance, kenesa contains:

Trakai's Karaim kenesa is a rare example of a surviving wooden synagogue with an interior dome.

The kenesa has been a centre of the religious life of the Karaites of Yevpatoria since 1837.

He retains a very high reputation among them, with the anniversary of his death being officially celebrated in 1930 in the kenesa in Vilnius.

In the past, kenesa floors were carpeted; however, modern Karaite kenesas have pews in the main hall.

Although their numbers are very small, the Karaim are becoming more prominent since Lithuanian independence, and have restored their kenesa.

The only surviving kenesa in Turkey is in Istanbul, in the Hasköy neighborhood.

An early 20th-century kenesa still stands in Trakai, Lithuania and another one in Vilnius; both are in service.

The tombstone from the grave of Kazas is located in the lapidarium Karaim Kenesa in Yevpatoria.

No kenesas survived in Galicia, where Karaites were present since the 13th century, the last kenesa in Halych was destroyed by the Soviets in 1985.

The Karaite community in Kyiv continued to demand the return of a "kenesa" building (place of worship), used as the "Actor's House" since Soviet times.

According to the SCNR, in August 2006 the kenesa building in Yevpatoriya, Crimea was returned to the local Karaite community.

Part of his collections and books are kept in National Library of Lithuania, the other in a small museum in the old kenesa of Trakai, where he died in 1961.

The Karaite Kenesa of Kiev is a former Kenesa (Karaite synagogue) in Kiev, Ukraine.

A Karaite Kenesa, and a Polish Gymnasium, existed in Panevėžys until the Second World War (the Polish version of the name of the city was Poniewież).

Persian Jews and some Karaite Jews also use the non-Hebrew term kenesa, which is derived from Aramaic, and some Arabic-speaking Jews use kenis.

All surviving kenesas are listed memorial buildings, however, many are in a dilapidated state, and others, like Sebastopol kenesa, although in better shape, are managed by public authorities or private owners, not the Karaite communities.

A large monolith, fashioned out of marble, with fitting inscription, was erected in the court of the kenesa at Eupatoria, to commemorate an event so important in the history of the Karaites of Russia.

Explore the dark and candelit interior of the Znamenskaya Church on Vytauto Street, pass the tiny (and almost always closed) Karaite Kenesa on Liubarto and wander through the riverside landscape beside Birutės.