Orthodoxy in Lithuania dates back to the 13th century, Bartholomew said, when it fell under the ultimate supervision of Constantinople. Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church ...

The spiritual head of Orthodox Christians worldwide said on Tuesday he would work with Lithuanian authorities to establish a new branch in the Baltic nation to ensure that believers are no longer ...

Lithuania's government said some of the country's Orthodox believers, including Ukrainian refugees, object to the current organisation, which is a unit of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Moscow (AsiaNews) - Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I paid a visit to Vilnius, endorsing the idea of forming a new Orthodox ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Lithuania, dependent on the Patriarchate ...

The Lithuanian Orthodox Church has condemned Russia's war against Ukraine and called for greater independence of the Church from Moscow, according to the Lithuanian Orthodox Church website.

Lithuania announced a ban on Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, from entering the country. Kirill, who holds the title of patriarch of Moscow and all Rus', was privately added ...

The Russian Orthodox Church in Lithuania deliberately hides its affiliation to the Moscow Patriarchate, an Orthodox cleric has claimed.

As churches unfurl pride flags and Black Lives Matter banners in front of their gates, young men are trending towards more traditional forms of worship.

Metropolitan Chrysostomos, who headed of the Vilnius-Lithuania Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church from 1990 to 2010, died on 6 January aged 90.

Long suspected as a tool of Russian soft power, the Russian Orthodox Church has openly embraced the Kremlin’s war on Ukraine. That’s accelerated efforts in a growing number of countries to ...

Rabbi Itzhak Silman of Yanovo, well-known Orthodox leader of Lithuania, died here today. Rabbi Silman was about fifty years old. He was known as one of the most learned rabbis and active Jewish ...