Musi waFebruary 8, Ministry of Justice yeLithuania yakanyoresa chimiro chitsva chechitendero - earchate, iyo ichaiswa pasi pePatriarchate yeConstantinople. Nokudaro, machechi maviri eOrthodox achazivikanwa zviri pamutemo munyika: imwe yeEcumenical Patriarchate uye diocese iripo yeMoscow Patriarchate muLithuania.
Nzanga itsva yorudzidziso ine vafundisi gumi uye inoronga kuumba mitumbi inodzora munguva pfupi iri kutevera. Iko zvino inotungamirirwa nemupristi weEstonia Justinus Kiviloo, uyo akabata basa rake rokutanga muLithuania pakutanga kwaJanuary 2024. Vapristi vakasara vakamboshumira muRussian Orthodox Church (ROC): vatanhatu muLithuania, vaviri muBelarus uye mumwe muRussia. .
Kutsigira kwaPatriarch Kirill kuhondo yeRussian Federation kurwisa Ukraine ndicho chikonzero chekusikwa kweiyo erchate nyowani. Izvi zvakaita kuti pave nekupesana pakati pevafundisi vapfumbamwe nevatungamiriri veChechi yeOrthodox yokuRussia. Muna 2022, Vilnius neLithuania Metropolitan Innocent vakabvisa vashanu vavo muhushumiri, uye Patriarch Bartholomew akavadzosa uye akavagamuchira pasi pesimba rake. Muna Kurume 2023, Patriarch Bartholomew akashanyira Vilnius uye akasaina chibvumirano nehurumende yeLithuania kuti amise Exarchate yePatriarchate yeConstantinople munyika.
Diocese yeROC muLithuania yakaita zvakadzikama pakuonekwa kwechechi itsva. Metropolitan Innocent akataura kuti nharaunda itsva yechitendero inofanirwa kugamuchirwa se "chokwadi chenguva yedu".
Vezvenhau vemunharaunda vakacherekedza kuti kubva pakatanga kupinda muUkraine kuzere kweRussia, diocese yeROC muLithuania yakatsvaga rusununguko rwakakura kubva kuMoscow Patriarchate.
Kune vatendi veOrthodox 105,000 muLithuania, vazhinji vavo vanotaura chiRussian. MaKristu eOrthodox anoonekwa seimwe yenzvimbo pfumbamwe dzezvitendero zvechinyakare munyika.
