Lord's Prayer and more...

†Dear God,

Let the tiny industrious, beautiful countries, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, remain free, for they are not a threat to the bullies who are now aiming heavy weaponry at their borders under the pretense that those tiny countries are a "threat". You know, that the bullies need the land to position their weaponry aiming it at the West.You know that as a ten-year old boy my father with his friends had resolved to free Lithuania from the occupying forces. Please do not let Vytautas Skuodis' and his compatriot's sacrifice be in vain. Let their legacy live in the minds and hearts of the youth of those countries.

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Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen.

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†Dieve Tėve,

Padėk mažoms, darbščioms, gražioms Lietuvos, Latvijos ir Estijos valstybėms išlikti laisvomis, nes jos negrasina priešams, kurie dabar yra atstatę galingus ginklus prie jų sienų, meluodami pasauliui, kad is tų mažyčių kraštų jiems kyla grėsmė. Juk tu žinai, kad priešams reikia tų kraštų žemės, kad galėtų dislokuoti ginklus nukreiptus I Vakarų šalis.  Juk tu žinai, kad Vytautas Skuodis nuo dešimties metų su draugais pasiryžo iškovoti Lietuvai Laisvę. Prašau neleisk kad Vytauto Skuodžio ir jo bendražygių pasiaukojantis gyvenimas būtų buvęs per nieką . Tegul jo palikimas išlieka šių kraštų jaunimo mintyse ir širdyse.

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Tėve mūsų, kuris esi danguje!
Teesie šventas Tavo vardas,
teateinie Tavo karalystė,
teesie Tavo valia
kaip danguje, taip ir žemėje.

Kasdienės mūsų duonos duok mums šiandien
ir atleisk mums mūsų kaltes,
kaip ir mes atleidžiame savo kaltininkams.
Ir neleisk mūsų gundyti,
bet gelbėk mus nuo pikto.
Amen.

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Things my father admired, cherished, loved, liked, enjoyed, respected, believed in:

All Souls Day ● Archives ●
Aušros Vartai Chapel ● Trispalvė (Flag of Independent Lithuania) ● Arts ● Baltic Sea ● Birds ● Biržai (a historical site in Lithuania) ● Books ● Botanical Gardens ● His Brother Adolfas ● Butterflies ● Catholic Church ● Chess ● Chocolate ● Classical Music ● Cookies ● Courage ● Dainų Šventės (Song Festivals) ● Fellow Dissidents ● Doctors ● Easter ● Ethnographic Trips (while in Lithuania) ● Expeditions to Siberia (as a student of Geology) ● Fireworks ● Flowers ● Folk Art of Various Cultures ● Forests ● Freedom from oppression ● Fresh Produce ● Friends ● Geology ● Gardens ● Gedimino Stulpai (a Symbol of Great Duches of Lithuania) ● Genuine Lithuanian Rye Bred ● God ● Golden Finches ● Good Actors ● Good Conversation ● Good Theater ● Goslings ● Greeting Cards ● Healing Properties of  Herbs ● Healthy Lifestyle ● His Colleagues ● His Family ● His Friends ● His Students ● His Parents ● His Teachers ● Historical Dramas ● History ● History of Science ● Honesty ● Human Dignity ● Human Intellect ● Human Rights ● Humor ● Jesus Christ ● Knowledge ● Latvia ● Libraries ● Lietuvos Trispalvė (Flag of Independent Lithuania) ● Letters ●Libraries ● Life ● Lithuania ● Lithuanian Cuisine ● Lithuanian Folk Art ● Lithuanian Folk Costume ● Lithuanian Folklore ● Lithuanian History ● Lithuanian Songs ● Magazines ● Mineral Collections  ● His Mother Elžbieta ● Movies ● Museums ● Mushrooms (especially going picking them in Lithuanian forest) ● Music ● Nature Programs on TV ● Nature Walks ● Newspaper Clippings ● His Neighbors ● His Nephew Audrius ● News of Current Events ● Panevėžys (a town in Lithuania where he grew up) ● People (all cultures, all races) ● Taking Photographs ● Photography ● Poetry  ●  Postage Stamp Collections ● Prayers ●  Radio ●  Rainbows in the Skies ● Reading ● Rocks ● Rock Gardens ● Science ● Seashore ● His Sister Zina ● Sniegenos (wild birds in Lithuania) ● Spring ● Spring Water ● Squirrels ● Stars ● Stones ● Stories ● Summer ● Sun ● Sunrise ● Sunset ● Sunshine ● Šaltibarščiai su bulvytėmis (cold beet soup with potatoes) ● Ten Commandments ● Trees ● Thriftiness ● Truth ● Vast Scenery ● Vilnius (town in Lithuania) ● Vilnius University ● Walking●  Walks in the Park ● Wild Berries ● Wilderness ● Writing ● Zylės (chickadees)

A Tribute to My Father

This blog was started a few years ago. It is a collection of information about  Vytautas Skuodis, a prominent Lithuanian dissident who has dedicated his life fighting for freedom of conscience and freedom of Lithuania.

The postings and links will give you a glimpse into his life's work.

Some links might be obsolete or invalid. It will take time for me to update the blog. Thank you for your patience.

Note: I do not grant authorization to anyone to talk and write about my father and my mother on my behalf, or to quote me  and/or my letters to them without my permission. Skuodi's family members do not grant permission to sell electronic versions of Skuodi's books online.

Vytautas Skuodis' family members would appreciate some privacy at this very difficult time. We do appreciate very much your sincere heartfelt condolences and sympathy.

Thank you. 

Pastaba:

Aš niekam nesuteikiu leidimo kalbėti ir rašyti apie mano tėvus mano vardu arba cituoti mano rašytus laiškus be mano sutikimo. Skuodžio šeimos nariai neduoda sutikimo parduoti elektronines Vytauto Skuodžio knygu kopijas per internetą.

Vytauto Skuodžio šeimos nariai pageidauja privatumo šiuo siunkiu metu. Mes labai vertiname nuosirdžiai išreiksta jūsų užuojautą.

Dėkojame.

Ilsėkis ramybėje, tėte.

Daiva ir Giedrė.