There are about one million Lithua-nians residing in the USA, Canada, South America, the UK, Poland, Germany and Australia. More than 150,000 Lithuanians live in Russia and other eastern countries. The majority of Lithuanian religious believers are Roman Catholics. There are also large numbers of Russian Orthodox, Evangelical Lutherans and Baptists, as well adherents of Islam and Judaism. The followers of all religious denominations are held equal before the law.
All schools offer religious studies as an optional subject.