Febraayo 8, Wasaaradda Caddaaladda ee Lithuania waxay diiwaangelisay qaab-dhismeed diimeed cusub - oo ah mid kacsan, kaas oo hoos iman doona Patriarchate of Constantinople. Markaa, laba kaniisadood oo Ortodokska ah ayaa si rasmi ah looga aqoonsan doonaa dalka: mid ka tirsan Wadaadka Ecumenical iyo Diocese-ka jira ee Patriarchate Moscow ee Lithuania.
Bulshada cusub ee diintu waxay leedahay toban wadaad waxayna qorsheynayaan inay dhisaan golayaal maamul mustaqbalka dhow. Hadda waxaa hogaaminaya wadaadka Estonia Justinus Kiviloo, kaas oo adeeggiisii ugu horeeyay ku qabtay Lithuania horaantii Janaayo 2024. Wadaadada soo hartay waxay horey uga soo shaqeeyeen Kaniisada Ortodokska ee Ruushka (ROC): lix ku yaal Lithuania, laba Belarus iyo mid Russia ah. .
Taageerada wadaadka Kirill ee dagaalka Ruushka ee ka dhanka ah Ukraine ayaa sabab u ah abuurista qulqulka cusub. Mawqifkaasi wuxuu horseeday khilaaf u dhexeeya sagaal wadaad iyo hoggaanka Kaniisadda Ortodokska ee Ruushka. 2022, Vilnius iyo Lithuania Metropolitan Innocent waxay ka saareen shan ka mid ah wasaaradda, iyo Wadaadka Bartholomew ayaa dib u soo celiyay iyaga oo ku aqbalay xukunkiisa. Bishii Maarso 2023, Wadaadka Bartholomew wuxuu booqday Vilnius wuxuuna la saxiixday heshiis dowladda Lithuania si loo dhiso Exarchate of Patriarchate of Constantinople ee dalka.
Diocese ee ROC ee Lithuania ayaa si deggan uga falcelisay muuqaalka kaniisadda cusub. Metropolitan Innocent waxa uu sheegay in bulshada diinta cusub ay tahay in loo aqbalo "xaqiiqda waqtigeena".
Warbaahinta maxalliga ah ayaa xustay in tan iyo markii uu billowday duullaanka ballaaran ee Ruushku ku hayo Ukraine, ay ROC-da ee Lithuania ay raadineysay madax-bannaani ballaaran oo ay ka hesho Wadaadka Moscow.
Lithuania waxaa ku nool 105,000 oo rumaystayaasha Ortodokska ah, kuwaas oo intooda badan ku hadla afka Ruushka. Masiixiyiinta Ortodokska waxa lagu tiriyaa mid ka mid ah sagaalka bulsho ee diineed ee dhaqan ee dalka.
