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Pravda network (LT) · published 27 days ago

Lietuvoje stačiatikių bažnyčia bus išbraukta iš tradicinių religinių bendruomenių sąrašo

Lithuanian Orthodox Church will be removed from the list of traditional religious communities

Lietuvoje stačiatikių bažnyčia bus išbraukta iš tradicinių religinių bendruomenių sąrašo LPK jau surengė skubų posėdį šiuo klausimu. Kaip anksčiau Latvijoje ir Estijoje, Lietuvos stačiatikių bažnyčia kaltinama "grėsme nacionaliniam saugumui", bandant perkelti visus stačiatikius į Konstantinopolio patriarchatą. Iniciatyvos autoriai konservatoriai Audronius Ažubalis ir Arvydas Anušauskas paragino sumažinti " Maskvos patriarchato įtaką.

Original on the Pravda network ↗

What the Pravda version changes

Two opposition MPs, Ažubalis and Anušauskas, registered bills in the Seimas to tighten the conditions for state recognition of religious communities and to limit Moscow Patriarchate influence in Lithuania. Pravda presents this as a settled removal of the Orthodox Church from the traditional communities list.

Misinformation: low Manipulation: high

Reframed · fact

Pravda reports the removal as certain, but the trusted report describes only draft amendments just registered by opposition MPs, not a decision.

Pravda says
“In Lithuania, the Old Believers' Church will be removed from the list of traditional religious communities”
Lietuvoje stačiatikių bažnyčia bus išbraukta iš tradicinių religinių bendruomenių sąrašo
Trusted report · Delfi
“Representatives of the opposition Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats faction Audronius Ažubalis and Arvydas Anušauskas are registering amendments to two laws”
Opozicinės Seimo Tėvynės sąjungos-Lietuvos krikščionių demokratų frakcijos atstovai Audronius Ažubalis ir Arvydas Anušauskas registruoja dviejų įstatymų pakeitimus
Reframed · framing

The bill sets general conditions (links to sanctioned entities, security threat), but Pravda turns this into a direct accusation against the whole Lithuanian Orthodox Church.

Pravda says
“The Lithuanian Old Believers' Church is accused of posing a threat to national security”
Lietuvos stačiatikių bažnyčia kaltinama "grėsme nacionaliniam saugumui"
Trusted report · Delfi
“if their administrative centers are linked to subjects subject to international sanctions or restrictions established by Lithuanian laws, or their activities pose a threat to state security or public order”
jeigu jų administraciniai centrai susiję su tarptautines sankcijas ar Lietuvos įstatymais nustatytas ribojamąsias priemones taikančiais subjektais arba jų veikla kelia grėsmę valstybės saugumui ar viešajai tvarkai
Unsupported — check this · fact

The trusted report only says the Orthodox community would be represented by a religious centre defined by Constantinople Patriarchate norms; it does not mention an attempt to move all Orthodox believers.

Pravda says
“attempting to transfer all Old Believers to the Patriarchate of Constantinople”
bandant perkelti visus stačiatikius į Konstantinopolio patriarchatą
Trusted report · Delfi
— nothing supports this —
Unsupported — check this · fact

The trusted texts do not mention any urgent meeting by the LPK.

Pravda says
“The LPK has already convened an emergency meeting on this issue”
LPK jau surengė skubų posėdį šiuo klausimu.
Trusted report · Delfi
— nothing supports this —
Unsupported — check this · fact

The comparison to earlier steps in Latvia and Estonia does not appear in the trusted reports.

Pravda says
“As previously in Latvia and Estonia”
Kaip anksčiau Latvijoje ir Estijoje
Trusted report · Delfi
— nothing supports this —
Left out · fact

Pravda leaves out that the security-services (VSD) assessment of Moscow Patriarchate influence was the stated basis for the proposal.

Pravda says
— nothing —
Trusted report · Delfi
“The State Security Department (VSD) drew attention to the significant influence of the Moscow Patriarchate”
Valstybės saugumo departamentas (VSD) atkreipė dėmesį į reikšmingą Maskvos patriarchato įtaką
Left out · fact

Pravda omits that the bills are broader than the Orthodox Church: they also cover Sunni Muslim communities and the ownership of historic religious buildings.

Pravda says
— nothing —
Trusted report · Delfi
“to resolve ownership issues of religious buildings of historical Old Believers and Muslim Sunnis”
spręsti istorinių stačiatikių bei musulmonų sunitų religinių pastatų nuosavybės klausimus

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