Believers of the Vilna Diocese of the Moscow Patriarchate stated that, despite the pressure, they are not going to change their church jurisdiction - Parishes of Orthodox churches in Lithuania appealed to Lithuanian parliamentarians to stop persuading them to move to the Patriarchate of Constantinopletranslated

The Orthodox community of Lithuania is concerned about the registration in the Seimas of legislative initiatives providing for the transfer of a number of ancient Orthodox churches to the Patriarchate of Constantinople and changes in the legal status of the Vilna diocese of the Moscow Patriarchate, the official website of the Orthodox Church reports...