Second, it endeavors towards harmony at home and in community. Third, it pursues harmony with the ancestors. Finally, it quests harmony with the universe, with life and with the divinities. Lithuanian paganism differs from American Neo-paganism. Superficially, both dearly adhere to ages-old traditions, which are not set in stone.
Lithuanian pagans adapt their traditions to their circumstances.
They learn songs, practices, and the elements of ritual. By the time the Thirteen Colonies were fighting, their war of independence from Great Britain, Lithuania had been a considerable force in Eastern European history and politics for over 400 years. The Grand Duke Mindaugas established the first Lithuanian State in 1230, in response to the growing threat that was presented by the presence of ever increasingly proselytising Germanic Teutonic and Livonian Christian military orders. It was the last country to accept Christianity, in 1387, as part of the marriage agreement between Grand Duke Jogaila and Jadwiga, Queen of Poland. Modern Lithuanians are an unusual amalgam of Catholicism and a fierce pride in their pagan past.