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a Resistence
« on: September 25, 2018, 04:06:26 AM »
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  • On June 15, 1973, at the request of their parents, [Miss] Eidukaitė, an elderly woman (b. 1887) of Vingininkai Village, was teaching the catechism to sixteen children. A commission comprised of collective farm Chairman Mikutis, brigade leader Vidmantas, agronomist Martinkus, and several representatives of the rayon administration, suddenly and noisily burst into the room. The commission members grabbed the catechisms, prayer books, and rosaries out of the children's hands. The youngsters tried to hide their catechisms and, sobbing, attempted to run out of the room, but the invaders frisked them and confiscated everything. They also recorded the names of each child and of the mothers who were present. The representative of the rayon department of education told the children: "Children, don't listen to your parents and don't study the catechism." The mothers were offended. "These are our children. We've been teaching them and will continue to teach them. We'll get some more catechisms."
          The rayon procurator interrogated the elderly Eidukaitė and threatened her with imprisonment.
        "It's shameful to go to prison for a sinful act, but for teaching the 'Our Father'—I am not afraid!"

    http://lkbkronika.lt/index.php/en/issue-no-7/407-girls-wearing-religious-medals-are-punished.html

    When you see the title Miss in front of elderly women it is very likely that they were nuns who were forced out of their convents when the Soviet Union began their occupation of Lithuania. All convents were closed and the nuns dispersed. but that didn't close the religious spirit of the nuns themselves. The sisters resisted the evil and taught the next generation of children their faith.