According to the portal, the head of the Lithuanian Orthodox Archdiocese, Metropolitan Inokentijus, dismissed priest Vitalijus Mockai, and the other two priests, Gintaras Jurgis Sungaila and Vitalis Dauparas, were not only dismissed but also removed from any active service in the Church.
The priests themselves do not comment on the situation yet, the portal states that it is trying to get a comment from a representative of the Lithuanian Orthodox Archdiocese.
Until now, V. Mockus has been the Chancellor of the Lithuanian Orthodox Archdiocese and the Dean of Vilnius, and has also been the pastor of the Department of the Assumption of the Mother of God in Vilnius.
After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he repeatedly stated publicly as the archdiocese’s spokesman that Lithuanian Orthodox condemned Russia’s aggression and the country’s leaders for their hostilities.
V. Dauparas was the first of the Lithuanian Orthodox to condemn the words of Patriarch Kirill, and due to his spread of the “Russian world” he had previously withdrawn from active activities in the Lithuanian diocese on his own initiative.
GJ Sungaila, who also actively condemned Russia’s aggression and criticized the patriarch, has so far served as vicar in the Department of the Assumption of the Mother of God in Vilnius, and was the head of the Orthodox publication. editor.
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