It is a masonry chapel located in Šiauliai District, in the Agailiai Forest of the Gedinčiai forestry (quarter 12, subcompartment 8), approximately 12 km north of Kuršėnai.
The first wooden chapel in the depths of Agailiai Forest was built during the period of serfdom. Buried there were serfs who had committed offenses as well as participants of the 1863 uprising. People believed that the burial ground possessed miraculous powers, and therefore erected small crosses. From time immemorial, Pentecost indulgence feasts were held at the chapel. Those who gathered would pray, socialize, and celebrate. The chapel was repeatedly destroyed by lightning and, apparently, by malicious intent, but was each time rebuilt.
Near the chapel there is a spring whose water is considered miraculous and believed to have healing properties. According to legends, the miraculous water of this spring was known even before the chapel itself. In 1939, a small church built of concrete with a wooden plank roof was constructed, but it was set on fire during the Second World War. It was later rebuilt, but in 1974 it was again destroyed by lightning. In 1990, the church was restored once more: a house of worship measuring over 13 meters in length, 7 meters in width, and 14 meters in height was erected.
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