What Are Lithuanian People Afraid of?

"During the Holy Mass sermon at the Paberžė music festival dedicated to Father Stanislavas, priest R. Doveika stated that 80% of Lithuanians are afraid to express their opinion. It is not known on what basis the phrase is said, it caused emotions in social networks, but there were also some who supported the priest.

 

"Father Stanislovas was and still is a teacher for each of us. In addition to all other values, he also teaches us the ability to be ourselves, to be true.

 

It was recently reported in the public space that even 80 percent people of our nation are afraid to express their opinion in public. What pit have we fallen into as a nation? One would not want to believe that the fruit of our nation's 30th anniversary of independence is the fear of expressing one's opinion, because you will be silenced, pushed. We don't need such a fruit," - said the respected priest. - "We have to reach out to the teacher in order to be able to remain authentic", said R. Doveika, quoted by the portal rinkosaikste.lt.

 

It was not possible to call R. Doveika himself from Delphi.

 

R. Doveika was supported by Asta Kubilienė, a member of the Lithuanian Peasants' Green Union.

 

"What did priest Ričardas Doveika speak about, and was it true, in Paberžė when he sacrificed St. Mass?

 

Although it is somewhat ironic, knowing the mass cutting of forests and regional parks by the Minister of Environmental Protection, the Song Day of the centenary Song Festival is called "To make the forest green"... but everything else was really wonderful: the repertoire, the performance, the scenography... Well, maybe this the neurolinguistic way of naming the holiday that way, knowing this important period, was chosen deliberately?" - A. Kubilienė wrote on Facebook.

 

She mentioned the Song Festival repertoire a lot in her post.

 

"It's amazing that we also sang the immortal verses of Justin Marcinkevičius, but will we really dare to admit to ourselves and others at the next song festival that this is the poetry of Justinas Marcinkevičius?" Because, for example: "Our days are like a holiday, like cherry blossoms, so let's hurry to live, because they will pass - they will not come back!", in which the words of Salomeja Nėris were used, only... they as a song of V. Kernagis became exceptional at the centenary Song Festival. "...as taught to us by Vytautas Kernagis", "Vytautas Kernagis's song"..., said the hosts of the events.

 

I understand that there were no LATGAs in those days, but basic respect, even for maestro V. Kernagis himself, requires us to publish it, otherwise he is a plagiarist? Isn't that what priest Ričardas Doveika was talking about?", - wrote A. Kubilienė."

 

Do you remember that our youth, hiding from the army, was declared the happiest in the world? Such hypocrisy was unpleasantly reminiscent of the times of open rule by communists (Nausėda, Grybauskaitė) and KGB (Vytautas Landsbergis) in the Soviet Union. My condolences to Doveika. It will not be easy for him in Landsbergis' Lithuania.