On Monday, the former first lady of Lithuania, Alma Adamkiene, will be farewelled in the Hall of Columns of the Presidency.
Various representatives of politics, culture and public figures gather to honor the memory of A. Adamkiene.
One of the first arrived by car to mourn his wife Valdas Adamkus.
The head of Lithuania came to honor the memory of A. Adamkiene in the Hall of Columns of the Presidential Palace Gitanas Nauseda with the first lady Diana Nausėdiene. According to G. Nausėda, Mrs. A. Adamkienė was an extraordinary and wonderful person.
"When she was around us, it seemed like it was meant to be, that it was a part of our lives. But when you lose a person, you realize how big, how enormous that loss is, and it cannot be filled with anything. We can only take solace in the fact that fate gave us all that opportunity to know Mrs. Alma - who was closer, who perhaps preserved the further connection. But even people who never met Mrs. Alma, they still loved her very much, because they saw from a distance how wonderful and extraordinary a person she is," said the president.
G. Nausėda emphasized that he most wanted to wish strength to a very beloved person in Lithuania - President V. Adamkas.
"It's definitely going to be difficult for him and now it's very important that we support him so that he can see that he is not alone in this pain. And Lithuania will definitely be grateful to Mrs. Alma for many things. First of all, for bringing so much light, goodness, compassion, human culture and contributing to Lithuania becoming a civilized western state. Her contribution to all this was just as immense. So condolences to all of us, to all of Lithuania," the president noted.
The prime minister was among those who came to say goodbye Ingrida Simonyte, Speaker of the Seimas Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen, Mayor of Vilnius Valdas Benkunskas with his wife and others.
It will be possible to say goodbye to A. Adamkiene on Monday evening, from 18.00:21.00 to 9.00:11.30. and Tuesday from XNUMX:XNUMX a.m. until XNUMX:XNUMX a.m.
The removal of the coffin is planned for Tuesday at 12.10:12.30 p.m. XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. In the Vilnius Archcathedral Basilica, St. Mass.
The funeral is scheduled for Tuesday at 16.00:XNUMX p.m. Beautiful, in the Petrašiūnai cemetery.
Those wishing to say goodbye to A. Adamkiene are asked not to bring flowers, but to donate the money allocated to them to philanthropic purposes, continuing the spirit of Alma Adamkiene's life and works.
