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''For information about records for non-Christian religions in Lithuania, go to the [[Lithuania Religious Records|Religious Records]] page.'' | ''For information about records for non-Christian religions in Lithuania, go to the [[Lithuania Religious Records|Religious Records]] page.'' | ||
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== Introduction == | == Introduction == | ||
Historically, the predominant religion in Lithuania has been Christianity, with the largest confession being that of the Roman Catholic Church.[2] There were also smaller groups of Evangelical and Reformed Protestants, Russian Orthodox, Jews, and Old Believer Orthodox. The first census taken in 1923 in independent Lithuania established the following religious distribution: Catholic — 85.7%; Jews — 7.75; Protestant — 3.8%; Greek Orthodox — 2.7%.<ref>[https://statistikouzrasai.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/lietuvos-gyventojai-pirmojo-1923-m-rugsc497jo-17-d-visuotinio-gyventojc5b3-surac5a1ymo-duomenys.pdf Residents of Lithuania: the first in 1923. September 17 census data.] - Kaunas: Central Statistical Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania, 1923. lxix, 311 p. 380 p.</ref> | Historically, the predominant religion in Lithuania has been Christianity, with the largest confession being that of the Roman Catholic Church.[2] There were also smaller groups of Evangelical and Reformed Protestants, Russian Orthodox, Jews, and Old Believer Orthodox. The first census taken in 1923 in independent Lithuania established the following religious distribution: Catholic — 85.7%; Jews — 7.75; Protestant — 3.8%; Greek Orthodox — 2.7%.<ref>[https://statistikouzrasai.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/lietuvos-gyventojai-pirmojo-1923-m-rugsc497jo-17-d-visuotinio-gyventojc5b3-surac5a1ymo-duomenys.pdf Residents of Lithuania: the first in 1923. September 17 census data.] - Kaunas: Central Statistical Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania, 1923. lxix, 311 p. 380 p.</ref> | ||
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