The Chronicle of the Catholic Church in Lithuania had started a new stage of resistance in Lithuania – shortly it was followed by other samizdat publications. The chronicle became a symbol of a persecuted but resilient Church and, at the same time, brought attention to the case of the freedom of Lithuania in the West. The first issue was published on 19 March 1972. Despite the KGB’s persecutions and repressions, the Chronicle of the Catholic Church in Lithuania had been regularly published until the re-establishment of the independence.