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The new St. The leadership of the Association of Jacob Road Municipalities begins work

Lithuanian St. The General Meeting of the Association of Jacob Road Municipalities, established in 2016, elected Algirdas Vrubliauskas, Mayor of Alytus District Municipality, and Algis Kašetas, Mayor of Varėna District, as the new President of the Association. They will lead this association, which currently unites 25 municipalities in our country, for the next four years. The general meeting of members, which was held remotely, was attended by the heads of nineteen municipalities or their authorized representatives. During the meeting, the Lithuanian St. The Association of Municipalities of Jacob Road and the European St. Rytis Mykolas Račkauskas, President of the Jacob Road Federation, Mayor of Panevėžys, presented a detailed report on the activities of the association for 2019 and 2020. The members of the Association were introduced to the new Lithuanian St. Members of the Association of Jacob Road Municipalities, information on past events, association partners and joint projects, St. Marking works, completed projects and other activities on the Jacob Road and the objects of interest in them. The report also reviewed the activities of the Association during the presidency of the European St. Jacob’s Road Federation from 2019. June to 2020 November, when Lithuania handed over the presidency of the European Federation to Poland. The members of the Association unanimously approved the report of the President of the Association RM Račkauskas. The members of the Association also unanimously approved the financial report for 2019 presented by the President of the Association.

The General Meeting of Members elected a new management of the Association for a four-year term. President RM Račkauskas informed the General Meeting that he would not run for another term and proposed the candidacy of Algirdas Vrubliauskas, Mayor of Alytus District. After the discussions, A. Vrubliauskas was elected the President of the Association and ex officio became the European St. Vice President of the Jacob Road Federation. During the meeting, the Lithuanian St. The new board of the Association of Jacob Road Municipalities, the members of which were: Mayor of Birštonas Nijolė Dirginčienė, Mayor of Kaišiadorys District Vytenis Tomkus, Mayor of Molėtai District Saulius Jauneika, Deputy Mayor of Lazdijai District Audrius Klėjus, Mayor of Kalvarija District Vincas Pludelitis, Trakai District Dangiras Samalius, Deputy Mayor of the District, RM Račkauskas, Mayor of Panevėžys and Algis Kašėta, Mayor of Varėna District, who was unanimously elected Chairman of this Board. Juozas Vaičiulis, the controller of Marijampolė district municipality, was elected the auditor of the association.

The participants of the meeting were greeted by the Member of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania dr. Laima Andrikienė. "I sincerely thank everyone who joined the helm of the Association four and a half years ago and started working from the beginning: the mayors of the municipalities - the founders of the Association, the leaders of the Association, the European St. Members of the Technical Committee of the Jacob Road Federation from Lithuania, all St. Friends of the Jacob Pilgrims' Road in Lithuania. Be healthy and safe, ”said L. Andrikienė. She wished success to the new leaders of the Association, all the Saints, in the work of fostering the cultural heritage and Christian traditions of Lithuania and the whole of Europe. The municipalities in the way of Jacob and their leaders.

St. The Jacob's Pilgrimage Route is Europe's first and oldest cultural route: In 1987, the Council of Europe published the Santiago de Compostela Declaration, recognizing the Jacob's Road (Camino de Santiago) and its branches as Europe's first cultural route. The main message of this declaration is that Europe is not just a political and economic project and, above all, a union based on values, a community based on Europe 's Christian roots.

Four St. John's Churches certified by the Institute of Cultural Roads of the Council of Europe stretch through Lithuania. Branches of Jacob's Pilgrim Road: Samogitia / Karaliaučius, Šiauliai, Kaunas and Vilnius.

Dainius Varnas European St. Member of the Technical Committee of the Jacob Road Federation

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