Cemetery #7634
Rasos Cemetery
Local name: Rasų kapinės
Also known as Rasų kapinės - naujos
18
documented records
≈ 2,000–4,100
approx. capacity (graves)
0.102 km²
cemetery area
Nov 5, 2026
last modified
About this cemetery
Rasos Cemetery lies in the south-east of Vilnius, in the Rasos district among the Rasos-Ribiškės hills, and covers 10.4 hectares. It was founded as the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was collapsing and is the oldest surviving cemetery in Vilnius, regarded as one of the oldest and most important in Lithuania. The complex is entered in the register of cultural properties and consists of almost 300 objects.
Cemetery location
GPS coordinates: 54.668591° N, 25.304260° E Directions in Google Maps (opens in a new tab)
Memorials
18 memorials, A–Z by surname.
Vytautas Aksijonaitis 1919 – 2009 
Justina Brašiškienė 1895 – 1962 - Stasys Brasiskis 1896 – 1989
Emilia Grigoriow 1822 – 1851 
Jan Gut 1905 – 1932 
Antoni Hajkowski 1900 – 1945 
Apolonija Limanowska 1876 – 1921 - Janina Mazurowa 1912 – 1932
Apolinary Mikutowicz 1838 – 1893 
Jan Powstański 1809 – 1884 
Wincentyna Schabowska 1893 – 1930 
Marija Slapeliene 1880 – 1977 - Jurgis Šlapelis 1876 – 1941
Marek Sokołowski 1818 – 1883 - Anna Sozowienko 1908 – 1940
Cezary Staniewicz 1839 – 1909 - Cześ Staniewicz 1891 – 1896
Juozas Tallat-Kelpša 1889 – 1949
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Nearby cemeteries
The closest other burial grounds listed on EveryStone.
- Vilnius War Cemetery 270 m away · Vilnius
- Liepkalnis Orthodox Cemetery 710 m away · Vilnius · 6 records
- Naujininkai Old Believers' Cemetery 870 m away · Vilnius
- Bernardine Cemetery 1.3 km away · Vilnius · 8 records
- Vilnius Karaite and Tatar Cemetery 1.5 km away · Vilnius
- Liepynė Cemetery 2.1 km away · Vilnius · 48 records
- Gurių Cemetery 2.3 km away · Vilnius · 9 records
- Saulės Cemetery, Vilnius 3.0 km away · Vilnius · 32 records
- Pavilnys Cemetery 3.4 km away · Vilnius
- Antakalnis Cemetery 3.4 km away · Vilnius · 5 records
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Common questions
How big is Rasos Cemetery?
Rasos Cemetery covers about 10.2 hectares (102,000 m²), about the size of 14 soccer fields. It is the 7th largest of the 482 cemeteries we list in Vilnius County.
What is the oldest grave in this cemetery?
The oldest grave among the records we hold for Rasos Cemetery is that of Emilia Grigoriow, who died on February 10, 1851 at the age of 28.