“THE STAR OF LITHUANIA’S MILLENNIUM” WAS CONFERRED ON PRELATE EDMUNDAS PUTRIMAS
On 1 July at Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “The Star of Lithuania’s Millennium” was conferred on prelate Edmundas Putrimas for fostering the Lithuanian identity and building Lithuanian communities abroad. “We are grateful to you for having taken care of the pastoral matters of Lithuanians around the world for many years already. For Lithuanians living abroad you are a real Ambassador of spirituality and missionary, who strengthens faith and national identity,” said Minister of Foreign Affairs Vygaudas Ušackas, while conferring the award.
In 2005, the Lithuanian Bishops’ Conference delegated prelate E.Putrimas to coordinate pastoral care for Lithuanians abroad. The prelate dedicates a lot of attention to Lithuanians around the world, actively attends to the preservation of Lithuanian churches.
E.Putrimas was born in Toronto, Canada, in 1959. In 1980 he entered the Pontifical Lithuanian College of St. Casimir in Rome and in 1985 he was frocked by Pope John Paul II in Rome.
On the occasion of Lithuania’s millennium, the honorary award of Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs ‘The Star of Lithuania’s Millennium’ was established in 2007 and is conferred for merits to the state of Lithuania and its foreign policy.
‘The Star of Lithuania’s Millennium’ is conferred on Lithuanian citizens and foreigners for their special merits of promoting the name of Lithuania, fostering and developing international relations, as well as for their special merits in the civil service.
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