Ka la 8 February, Lekala la Toka la Lithuania le ile la ngolisa mohaho o mocha oa bolumeli - e leng exarchate, e tla be e le tlas'a Patriarchate ea Constantinople. Kahoo, likereke tse peli tsa Orthodox li tla amoheloa ka molao naheng ena: e 'ngoe ea Ecumenical Patriarchate le diocese e teng ea Patriarchate ea Moscow e Lithuania.
Mokhatlo o mocha oa bolumeli o na le baruti ba leshome ’me o rera ho theha lihlopha tse busang haufinyane. Hona joale e etelletsoe pele ke moprista oa Estonia Justinus Kiviloo, ea ileng a tšoara tšebeletso ea hae ea pele Lithuania qalong ea January 2024. Baprista ba setseng ba kile ba sebeletsa Kerekeng ea Orthodox ea Russia (ROC): ba tšeletseng Lithuania, ba babeli Belarus le e mong Russia. .
Tšehetso ea Mopatriareka Kirill bakeng sa ntoa ea Russia Federation khahlanong le Ukraine ke lebaka la ho thehoa ha erchate e ncha. Boemo bona bo ile ba baka khohlano pakeng tsa baruti ba robong le boetapele ba Kereke ea Orthodox ea Russia. Ka 2022, Vilnius le Lithuania Metropolitan Innocent ba ile ba tlosa ba bahlano ba bona tšebeletsong, ’me Mopatriareka Bartholomew o ile a ba khutlisetsa ’me a ba amohela tlas’a bolaoli ba hae. Ka Hlakubele 2023, Mopatriareka Bartholomew o ile a etela Vilnius mme a saena tumellano le mmuso oa Lithuania ho theha Exarchate ea Patriarchate ea Constantinople naheng eo.
Diocese ea ROC ea Lithuania e ile ea arabela ka khutso ha kereke e ncha e hlaha. Metropolitan Innocent o itse mokhatlo o mocha oa bolumeli o tlameha ho amoheloa e le "ntho ea 'nete ea mehleng ea rona".
Mecha ea litaba ea lehae e hlokometse hore ho tloha ha Russia e qala tlhaselo e felletseng ea Ukraine, diocese ea ROC e Lithuania e batlile boipuso bo boholo ho tsoa ho Patriarchate ea Moscow.
Ho na le balumeli ba Orthodox ba 105,000 XNUMX Lithuania, bao bongata ba bona e leng ba buang Serussia. Bakreste ba Orthodox ba nkoa e le e 'ngoe ea lihlopha tse robong tsa bolumeli tsa setso naheng eo.