Ngomhla ziyisi-8 kuNhlolanja, uMnyango Wezobulungiswa waseLithuania wabhalisa isakhiwo esisha senkolo - i-earchate, esizofakwa ngaphansi kwe-Patriarchate yaseConstantinople. Ngakho-ke, amasonto amabili obu-Orthodox azoqashelwa ngokusemthethweni kuleli zwe: elinye le-Ecumenical Patriarchate kanye nesifunda-bhishobhi esikhona se-Patriarchate yaseMoscow eLithuania.
Umphakathi omusha wenkolo unabefundisi abayishumi futhi uhlela ukwakha izindikimba ezibusayo esikhathini esizayo esiseduze. Manje isiholwa umpristi wase-Estonia uJustinus Kiviloo, owabamba inkonzo yakhe yokuqala eLithuania ekuqaleni kukaJanuwari 2024. Abapristi abasele bakhonza eSontweni Lobu-Orthodox LaseRussia (ROC): abayisithupha eLithuania, ababili eBelarus noyedwa eRussia. .
Ukusekelwa kukaPatriarch Kirill ngempi yeRussian Federation ngokumelene ne-Ukraine kuyisizathu sokwakhiwa kwe-earchate entsha. Lesi sikhundla sabangela ukungqubuzana phakathi kwabefundisi abangu-2022 nobuholi beSonto Lobu-Orthodox LaseRussia. Ngo-2023, uVilnius kanye neLithuania Metropolitan Innocent basusa abahlanu kubo enkonzweni, futhi uMbhishobhi uBartholomew wababuyisela emsebenzini futhi wabamukela ngaphansi kombuso wakhe. Ngo-March XNUMX, Patriarch Bartholomew wavakashela Vilnius futhi wasayina isivumelwano nohulumeni Lithuanian ukusungula Exarchate of Patriarchate of Constantinople kuleli zwe.
Isifunda-bhishobhi se-ROC eLithuania sasabela ngomoya ophansi ekubonakaleni kwesonto elisha. UMetropolitan Innocent uthe umphakathi omusha wenkolo kumele wamukelwe “njengeqiniso lesikhathi sethu”.
Abezindaba bendawo baye baqaphela ukuthi selokhu kwaqala ukuhlasela kweRussia ngokugcwele e-Ukraine, isifunda-bhishobhi sase-ROC eLithuania sifune ukuzimela okukhulu ku-Patriarchate yaseMoscow.
Kunamakholwa angama-Orthodox angu-105,000 XNUMX eLithuania, iningi lawo elikhuluma isiRashiya. AmaKristu obu-Orthodox athathwa njengomunye wemiphakathi eyisishiyagalolunye yenkolo yendabuko ezweni.
