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Orthodox Christians in Lithuania

Ethnicity, Language and Ethnoreligious Identity

In: Journal of Religion in Europe
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Monika Frėjutė-Rakauskienė Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences Institute of Sociology Vilnius Lithuania

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Andrius Marcinkevičius Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences Institute of Sociology Vilnius Lithuania

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Abstract

In this article we will examine how ethnicity (Russians and Russian speakers of mixed ethnic identities) and religion (Orthodoxy) interact and construct ethnoreligious identity in the case of Orthodox Christians in Lithuania. To investigate these aspects, the article will draw on data from qualitative fieldwork (2019–2021) and the analysis of articles from the official journal of the archdiocese of Vilnius and Lithuania. We argue that for the Orthodox community in Lithuania, the historically established close links of Orthodoxy with Russian Orthodox tradition and Russian identity are important today. However, a significant part of the Lithuanian Orthodox community identifies with the global (Byzantium) and/or local (Grand Duchy of Lithuania) Orthodox tradition and faces the challenge of including the Lithuanian language in religious education and practices.

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