The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lithuania ( lit. Lietuvos Evangelikų Liuteronų Bažnyčia ) is the Lutheran community of Lithuania, numbering 19 thousand believers. Since 1976, headed by a bishop .
Lithuanian Evangelical Lutheran Church ELCL | |
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 Evangelical Lutheran Church of Vilnius | |
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| Denomination | Lutheranism |
| Theological direction | confessional Lutheranism , high church |
| Control system | episcopal |
| The chairman | Bishop Mindaugas Sabutis |
| Established | 1783 year |
| Centre | Vilnius , Lithuania |
| Territory | Lithuania , Belarus |
| Associations | WLF , Porvoo Community |
| Language of worship | Lithuanian |
| Number | |
| Communities | 54 |
| Believers | 19,000 |
| Site | http://www.liuteronai.lt/ |
Kirche in Silute
History
From 1783 to 1830 there was a national Lutheran church of the Principality of Lithuania. In 1919, Lutheran parishes of Lithuania were united under the rule of the national consistory. However, until 1925, the language of her correspondence was German. In 1926, an evangelical theological faculty was opened in Kaunas . At the end of World War II, there were 25 thousand Lutherans in Lithuania.