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=='''Reformed/Calvinist Church Records'''== | =='''Reformed/Calvinist Church Records'''== | ||
===Writing for Records=== | ===Writing for Records=== | ||
*[ '''Google Maps search results for Reformed churches in Lithuania'''] | *[https://www.google.com/maps/search/reformed+church+%22lithuania%22/@55.0324799,21.832175,7z/data=!3m1!4b1 '''Google Maps search results for Reformed churches in Lithuania'''] | ||
===Historical Background=== | ===Historical Background=== | ||
The Lithuanian Evangelical Reformed Church is a historic denomination which was founded in 1557. In the second half of the 16th century, the Unitarians separated. The denomination has over 7,000 members in 14 congregations. The church is a member of the World Communion of Reformed Churches and the World Reformed Fellowship.<ref> Wikipedia contributors, "Religion in Lithuania", in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Lithuania, accessed 22 April 2020. </ref> | The Lithuanian Evangelical Reformed Church is a historic denomination which was founded in 1557. In the second half of the 16th century, the Unitarians separated. The denomination has over 7,000 members in 14 congregations. The church is a member of the World Communion of Reformed Churches and the World Reformed Fellowship.<ref> Wikipedia contributors, "Religion in Lithuania", in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Lithuania, accessed 22 April 2020. </ref> | ||
=='''Orthodox Church Records'''== | =='''Orthodox Church Records'''== | ||
===Writing for Records=== | ===Writing for Records=== | ||
*[ '''Google Maps search results for Orthodox churches in Lithuania'''] | *[https://www.google.com/maps/search/orthodox+church+%22lithuania%22/@54.9912358,21.8210438,7z/data=!3m1!4b1 '''Google Maps search results for Orthodox churches in Lithuania'''] | ||
*[https://www.google.com/maps/place/St.+Vardan+Armenian+Apostolic+Church/@54.691523,25.2833631,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x46dd941b1a446cf9:0x6f9d98024f324b66!8m2!3d54.691523!4d25.2855571 '''St. Vardan Armenian Apostolic Church'''] | |||
===Historical Background=== | ===Historical Background=== | ||
'''Eastern Orthodoxy''' claims 4.1% of the population, mainly from the Russian minority. Orthodox Christianity is the first form of Christianity to arrive in Lithuania, with the marriage of Algirdas to Maria of Vitebsk and the martyrdom of Ss. Anthony, John, and Eustathius of Vilnius. The church founded by Maria of Vitebsk, St. Paraskevi Church, is the oldest continuously existing Christian congregation in the country and the only Orthodox church in Lithuania fully worshiping in the Lithuanian language. | '''Eastern Orthodoxy''' claims 4.1% of the population, mainly from the Russian minority. Orthodox Christianity is the first form of Christianity to arrive in Lithuania, with the marriage of Algirdas to Maria of Vitebsk and the martyrdom of Ss. Anthony, John, and Eustathius of Vilnius. The church founded by Maria of Vitebsk, St. Paraskevi Church, is the oldest continuously existing Christian congregation in the country and the only Orthodox church in Lithuania fully worshiping in the Lithuanian language. | ||