Information: - Lithuanian National Revival, alternatively Lithuanian National Awakening, was a period of the history of Lithuania in the 19th century at the time when a major part of Lithuanian-inhabited areas belonged to the Russian Empire (the Russian partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth). It was expressed by the rise of self-determination of the Lithuanians that led to formation of the modern Lithuanian nation and culminated in the re-establishment of an independent Lithuanian state. Most active participants of national revival were Vincas Kudirka, Jonas Basanaviius and others. The period largely corresponded to the rise of romantic nationalism and other national revivals of the 19th century Europe. - Lithuanians (singular "lietuvis/lietuv") are a Baltic ethnic group, native to Lithuania, where they number around 2,561,300 people. Another million or more make up the Lithuanian diaspora, largely found in countries such as the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Russia, United Kingdom and Ireland. Their native language is Lithuanian, one of only two surviving members of the Baltic language family. According to the census conducted in 2001, 83.45% of the population of Lithuania identified themselves as Lithuanians, 6.74% as Poles, 6.31% as Russians, 1.23% as Belarusians, and 2.27% as members of other ethnic groups. Most Lithuanians belong to the Roman Catholic Church, while the Lietuvininkai who lived in the northern part of East Prussia prior to World War II, were mostly Evangelical Lutherans. - Kaunas (also see other names) is the second-largest city in Lithuania and has historically been a leading centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the biggest city and the centre of a county in Trakai Municipality of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1413. In the Russian Empire it was the capital of the Kaunas Governorate from 1843 to 1915. It became the only temporary capital city in Europe during the interwar period. Now it is the capital of Kaunas County, the seat of the Kaunas city municipality and the Kaunas District Municipality. It is also the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kaunas. Kaunas is located at the confluence of the two largest Lithuanian rivers, the Nemunas and the Neris, and near the Kaunas Reservoir, the largest body of water entirely in Lithuania. - Kaunas Priest Seminary is the largest seminary in Lithuania serving the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kaunas. It is part of the Faculty of Theology of Vytautas Magnus University. Its current rector is Aurelijus Zukauskas. As of 2007, the seminary had 35 students. It traces its history to 1622. - The history of Lithuania dates back to settlements founded many thousands of years ago, but the first written record of the name for the country dates back to 1009 AD. Lithuanians, one of the Baltic peoples, later conquered neighboring lands and established the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the 13th century (and also a short-lived Kingdom of Lithuania). The Grand Duchy was a successful and lasting warrior state. It remained fiercely independent and was one of the last areas of Europe to adopt Christianity (beginning in the 14th century). A formidable power, it became the largest state in Europe in the 15th century through the conquest of large groups of East Slavs who resided in Ruthenia. In 1385, the Grand Duchy formed a dynastic union with Poland through the Union of Krewo. Later, the Union of Lublin (1569) created the PolishLithuanian Commonwealth that lasted until 1795, when the last of the Partitions of Poland erased both Lithuania and Poland from the political map. Afterward, the Lithuanians lived under the rule of the Russian Empire until the 20th century. - The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kaunas is a Latin archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Lithuania. It is based in Kaunas, the second-largest city in Lithuania. The archdiocese's motherchurch and cathedral archiepiscopal see is Kaunas Cathedral Basilica; it also houses a Minor Basilica in a town of Siluva, in the region of Samogitia. The current Archbishop is Lionginas Virbalas, Jesuit (S.J.), appointed by Pope Francis on June 11, 2015. - Maironis ( born Jonas Maiulis , Polish : Jan Macziuewicz , 3 November ( O.S. 21 October ) 1862 -- 28 June 1932 ) is one of the most famous Lithuanian poets . He was born in Pasandravys , Raseiniai district municipality , Lithuania . Maironis graduated from Kaunas high school and went on to study Literature at Kiev University . However , in 1884 , after one year of studies at the university , he entered Kaunas Spiritual Seminary . While being at the seminary , Maironis became an active member of the Lithuanian National Revival . Maironis wrote a number of poems . Some of them are contained in his most famous collection of poems '' Pavasario Balsai '' ( The Voices of Spring ) . Later Maironis studied at St. Petersburg Catholic Theological Academy . In the later years of his life , Maironis worked as a rector of Kaunas Priest Seminary and as a professor at the University of Lithuania , where he taught literature . He died in Kaunas ( aged 69 ) where he was interred in the mausoleum constructed in the cathedral . After reading the paragraphs above, we are interested in knowing the entity with which 'maironis' exhibits the relationship of 'religion'. Find the answer from the choices below. Choices: - catholic - catholic church - christianity
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