Executive Summary: The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople has completed the process of restoring the Orthodox Church in Lithuania to Constantinople’s jurisdiction. It has welcomed dissident Orthodox priests from there, establishing an exarchate in that Baltic country and now enthroning a resident bishop (Novaya Gazeta Europe, June 13). Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople has challenged the position […] The post Moscow Church’s Loss in Lithuania Threatens Its Survival in Belarus appeared first on Jamestown .