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The Šilutė District Municipality’s support to traditional religious communities and associations is aimed at the preservation, repair and maintenance of places of worship. There are 11 Evangelical Lutheran churches in the Šilutė district, 2 of which are used by Roman Catholic parishes, and Roman Catholics have 7 churches in the district.
This uneven attention angered and saddened the Evangelical Lutheran community with 11 historic churches in the Šilutė district. According to the Evangelical Lutheran priest Valdas Miliauskas, he was perplexed by the Council’s decision, as it only shows that the heritage of Evangelical Lutherans and other denominations in Lithuania Minor – Šilutė district is four times less remarkable, although historically – highly valued and important. the press release said.
Priest Valdas Miliauskas says he regrets that the protocol signed in the district municipality of Šilutė in May this year was not followed, when it was agreed with the Roman Catholic priests that, since more funds were allocated to Catholic parish applications in 2021, Evangelical Lutherans will be prioritized in 2021. Parish application funding.
This protocol was signed by the Catholic priest Julius Meškauskas, who chaired the meeting, and Rasa Bičkauskienė, chief specialist of the Communication Department of the Šilutė District Municipality.
Artūras Strelčiūnas, bishop of the New Apostolic Church, confirmed that such a decision by the Šilutė district municipality saddens and offends all the least paid communities: “I am convinced that until Mayor V. Laurinaitis calls the leaders of all denominations (not only traditional, but all) responsible for the interview, it will be wrong. I think the mayor really knows that he is elected by people of different opinions and beliefs. “
The amounts that the Šilutė District Municipality plans to allocate to religious communities in 2021 during the two months in which the aid issue was considered ranged from 50 thousand. up to 150 thousand. – The mayor of the municipality Vytautas Laurinaitis provided different information to different sources.
“Although we have always fought for equal opportunities for all the traditional communities of the district without excluding any and money was and is a secondary issue in this fight, we still have questions, why does the Evangelical Lutheran priest Mindaugas Žilinskis say so different?
The religious communities of the Šilutė district say they would like to reach an agreement on support for the conservation, repair and maintenance of places of worship, without politicians who, for unclear reasons, indicate who should receive a greater share of support.
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