The first wooden Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Old Dūkštas, in the Dūkštas Manor, was built around 1601 by the Rudaminas, the owners of the manor. A Jesuit mission operated in Dūkštės from 1729 to 1773. From 1901, Bernardas Raštikis, the father of General Stasys Raštikis, worked as a sacristan here for about 40 years. He took care of the church and distributed the Lithuanian press. In 1910–1914, a branch of the Lithuanian Catholic Temperance Society operated. In 1925, a parish was established.
The current wooden St. Stanislaus Kostka Church in Dūkštas was built in 1934–1936. After the Old Dūkštas Church burned down in 1956, it became a joint parish church. It was restored in 1991.
The church is rectangular in plan, single-towered, with an apse and a turret. The interior has three naves, the side naves are much lower. There is a low wooden bell tower in the churchyard. The paintings in the church St. John the Baptist (author Jonas Rustemas) and Mary with the Child (author unknown) are cultural monuments.
Information updated 2025-12-12
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