Ngomhla we-8 kaFebruwari, uMphathiswa wezoBulungisa waseLithuania wabhalisa isakhiwo esitsha senkolo - i-exarchate, eya kuba phantsi kwePatriarchate yaseConstantinople. Ngaloo ndlela, iicawa ezimbini zamaOthodoki ziya kwamkelwa ngokusemthethweni kweli lizwe: enye ye-Ecumenical Patriarchate kunye ne-diocese ekhoyo ye-Patriarchate yaseMoscow eLithuania.
Ibutho elitsha lonqulo linabefundisi abalishumi yaye liceba ukuseka amaqumrhu alawulayo kungekudala. Ngoku ikhokelwa ngumfundisi wase-Estonia uJustinus Kiviloo, owabamba inkonzo yakhe yokuqala eLithuania ekuqaleni kukaJanuwari 2024. Abefundisi abaseleyo babekhonza kwiCawa yobuOthodoki yaseRashiya (ROC): abathandathu eLithuania, ababini eBelarus nomnye eRashiya. .
Inkxaso kaPatriarch Kirill kwimfazwe yaseRussian Federation ngokumelene ne-Ukraine isizathu sokudala i-exarchate entsha. Oku kwakhokelela kungquzulwano phakathi kwabefundisi abasithoba neenkokeli zeCawa yobuOthodoki yaseRashiya. Ngo-2022, uVilnius kunye neLithuania Metropolitan Innocent babasusa abahlanu kubo ebufundisini, kwaye uPatriarch Bartholomew wababuyisela emsebenzini kwaye wabamkela phantsi kolawulo lwakhe. Ngo-Matshi 2023, Patriarch Bartholomew watyelela Vilnius waza wasayina isivumelwano kunye norhulumente Lithuanian ukuseka Exarchate of Patriarchate of Constantinople kweli lizwe.
IDiocese yeROC yaseLithuania yasabela ngokuzolileyo ekuveleni kwecawa entsha. UMetropolitan Innocent uthe uluntu olutsha lwenkolo kufuneka lwamkelwe "njengenyani yexesha lethu".
Amajelo eendaba asekuhlaleni aqaphele ukuba oko kwaqala uhlaselo olupheleleyo lwaseRashiya e-Ukraine, i-diocese ye-ROC yaseLithuania ifune ukuzimela okukhulu kwi-Patriarchate yaseMoscow.
Kukho amakholwa angama-Othodoki ali-105,000 XNUMX eLithuania, uninzi lwabo luthetha isiRashiya. AmaKristu obuOthodoki athathwa njengelinye lamaqela asithoba enkolo yemveli kweli lizwe.
