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Agluona – is a sanctum of Catholic Latvian Latgala. The story of Agluona sanctum begins at the end of the 17th century, when in 1697 the owner of Viškova (currently Agluona) estate Eva Justine Šostovicka invited Dominican monks from Vilnius to strengthen Catholicism in the region, to establish a monastery and a parish school. The monastery was build in 1699, and in 1700 the first wooden church was built, in the main altar of which shortly Dominican monks put a copy of the picture of the Sacred Merciful Mother of God of Trakai and introduced the celebration of the Assumption. In 1780 a brick church was built, as well as a monastery and a wall around the churchyard with 6 gates. In side-niches of the wall sculptures of Jesus Christ's Way of Suffering, the so-called 14-station Way of the Cross or Little Calvary, were set. The church and the monastery are surrounded by lakes and on the eastern side there is a miraculous stream. Since 1824 this stream, due to its healing characteristics, is called St. Anthony's stream. The sanctum of Agluona is distinguished by its unique piety practice – 14-station Way of the Cross or Little Calvary, where pilgrims walk from one station to another practised particular practices of devotions. The author of this article raises these questions: what practices by Latvian and Lithuanian pilgrims in Agluona Way of the Cross or Little Calvary; what are the interfaces and differences of this phenomenon? The aim of the research is to reveal the interfaces and differences of the devotion by Latvian and Lithuanian pilgrims for the Way of the Cross or Little Calvary set in Agluona churchyard. The objectives of the research are: to explore and to present the material collected during summer field expeditions in Agluona about devotion for the Way of the Cross or Little Calvary set in Agluona churchyard by Latvian and Lithuanian pilgrims; to assess the contents of these devotion; to reveal the interfaces and differences of these devotional practices; to present the conclusions of the research. The conclusions of the research. Latvian pilgrims, while walking the Way of the Cross, use five prayer books and hymnals, while Lithuanians use only one "Liturgical prayer book". The content of Latvian devotion is comprised of much more diverse devotion practices, while Lithuanian pilgrims are unemployed. Lithuanian and Latvian pilgrims united seven devotion practices. The conclusions of the research validate the hypothesis that Latvian and Lithuanian pilgrims in the Way of the Crosses in Agluona churchyard practised different practices of devotions.

Članak donosi opis zaštitnih arheoloških istraživanja u podnožju tvrđave Grad u Sinju, na lokacijama četrnaest postaja budućega Križnog puta i na prostoru korlata, vanjskog dvorišta tvrđave. Arheološka istraživanja obavljena su godine 1998. i 1999. Nakon kratkog povijesnog pregleda autorice opisuju tijek arheoloških istraživanja i arhitektonske ostatke vojnih objekata i palisada, ostatke kuća te trapova ukopanih u živu stijenu. Na sjevernoj padini tvrđave pronađeni su najzanimljiviji arheološki ostatci: suhozid i velika količina grube željeznodobne keramike., Above the town of Sinj there is a fortress called Grad built on top of the hill. This prominent place was inhabited from the prehistoric times to the recent times. Roman Osinium, Late Roman castle Asinio, and the seat of Nelipići in the Middle Ages - castrum regale Zyn, have all left the name to the modern town of Sinj. In the summer of 1998 heavy equipment was used to widen and make a trail at the foot of the hill all round the Grad Fortress in Sinj, and all the way to the main western gate. Illicit construction started due to the urged wish to erect sculpture compositions of the Way of the Cross. The medieval fortress Grad is a protected cultural monument, which is the reason why the Conservation Department for the Protection of the Archaeological Heritage in Split stopped the illicit work. Rescue archaeological excavations followed; they started in November 1998 and were completed in December 1999. The excavations were done at the foot of the fortress at the site of the Fourteen Stations of the future Way of the Cross and in the area of korlat - the outer yard on the western side of the fortress (Fig. 3). A part of the western and northern fencing wall with traces of palisade was discovered in the korlat, and the remains of walls of two military objects from 17th/18th c. These are most probably barracks - for the military, as indicated in depictions of the fortress in the late 17th and 18th c. (Figures 1 and 2). Architectonic remains of buildings and houses were excavated under the southern walls of Grad. According to the fragments of glazed pottery, the most frequent among small archaeological finds, the remains of residential architecture can be dated as early as the 16th century, when a minor settlement was developing at the foot of the hill. At the Sixth Station, six circular holes were excavated, dug in bedrock. They were most probably used as pits where food from the nearby houses was stored, and in the first half of the 20th century, in their secondary use, they were used as a storage space for water. The elderly locals remember that rainwater and precipitation water from the “holes” was used to water the nearby vineyards and gardens. From the archaeological point of view, the most interesting of all is the Twelfth Station, situated on the northern slope of the fortress. Some hill settlement remains were found - fragments of dry wall and a large quantity of coarse pottery, dated back in the Iron Age. Most of the pottery is not decorated, and the ornamented samples are decorated with applied ribbon relief, geometrical motifs made with a sharp object on fresh clay. Pottery was made of poorly purified clay with the addition of crushed limestone and sand, showing the characteristics of the early Iron-Age vessels with thick walls and a pronounced rim. The future systematic archaeological excavations might discover the possible terraces of the prehistoric fort-settlement.