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- Title
AT THE CROSSROADS: THE HISTORY OF THE GREEK-CATHOLIC CHURCH IN LITHUANIA.
- Authors
La Rocca, Francesco
- Abstract
The article focuses on the history of the Greek Catholic churches in Lithuania. It mentions that the Greek Catholic church was one of the most oppressed religious communities in the communist society particularly in Soviet government. It states that a Greek catholic was treated as an agent of a foreign power and a traitor in the government. It discusses the sufferings of the Greek Catholics and its religious community in Soviet Union, how it ended, and its re-establishment in Lithuania.
- Subjects
LITHUANIA; GREEK Byzantine rite (Catholic Church); HISTORY of the Catholic Church &; state; RELIGIOUS communities; CATHOLIC Church &; society; SOCIAL history; TWENTIETH century
- Publication
Religion in Eastern Europe, 2011, Vol 31, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
1069-4781
- Publication type
Article