Lithuania: the Lithuanian Orthodox Church contests two proposed laws targeting its churches and its statustranslated

Metropolitan Innocent of Vilnius and Lithuania has contacted the highest state authorities regarding two legislative proposals submitted to the Seimas, the Lithuanian Parliament. According to the Orthodox Church of Lithuania, these texts would make it possible to remove several ancient churches and the Holy Spirit Monastery in Vilnius, and to exclude it from the list of traditional religious communities in the country. The monks and parishioners concerned have

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