(lrt.lt) Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople will pay a visit to Lithuania next week, Vilnius confirmed on Friday. Bartholomew I is scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė on Tuesday. His visit will follow the Patriarchate of
Constantinople's decision to reinstate five Lithuanian Orthodox priests
who were defrocked last summer under the decrees of Metropolitan
Innokentiy of the Lithuanian Orthodox Church, who is subordinate to the
Patriarchate of Moscow. (...)
