Draft laws concerning the Lithuanian Orthodox Church

Dear brothers and sisters,

Two draft laws concerning the Lithuanian Orthodox Church have been submitted to the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. In the assessment of the Church Council, they would make it possible to take several historic churches from it, among them the Monastery of the Holy Spirit and the Cathedral of the Theotokos in Vilnius, and would prepare the ground for removing the Lithuanian Orthodox Church from Lithuania's traditional religious communities.

So that you receive reliable information first-hand, the Church's official publications are listed below. Please rely above all on official sources: the website orthodoxy.lt and the Facebook page of the Lithuanian Orthodox Church. The publications are available in Russian and Lithuanian.

Official publications

1. Extraordinary meeting of the Council of the Lithuanian Orthodox Church

   In Russian (external site)In Lithuanian (external site)

2. Metropolitan Innokenty of Vilnius and Lithuania appeals to the country's highest leaders

   In Russian (external site)In Lithuanian (external site)

3. Concerned Orthodox believers appeal to the leadership and members of the Seimas

   Press conference of the Lithuanian Orthodox Church; appeals from the brethren of the Holy Spirit Monastery and the parishioners of St Paraskeva Church.

   In Russian (external site)In Lithuanian (external site)

4. Metropolitan Innokenty's Constitution Day address to believers and all citizens of Lithuania

   In Russian (external site)In Lithuanian (external site)

Video

• Metropolitan Innokenty's call to more fervent prayer (external site)
• The statement on the extraordinary Council meeting was read in all churches (external site)
• Another call by Metropolitan Innokenty to more fervent prayer (external site)

Further video appeals are published on the Church's Facebook page.

Prayer

With the blessing of Metropolitan Innokenty of Vilnius and Lithuania, molebens and akathists to the Mother of God are served every week in all parishes and monasteries of the Lithuanian Orthodox Church. We invite everyone to pray more fervently, in church and at home, for the peace of the Church and for Lithuania, its people and its authorities. Please call the parish for the time of the moleben in our church.

Call the parish +370 636 93506

Official sources

• orthodoxy.lt, official website of the Lithuanian Orthodox Church (external site)
• Lithuanian Orthodox Church on Facebook (external site)

Parish of the Nativity of Christ, Bukiškis