Sarunas Jasikevicius received the Lithuanian Grand Cross

2018-10-03T12:34:36+00:00 2018-10-03T19:17:17+00:00.

Aris Barkas

03/Oct/18 12:34

Eurohoops.net

The Lithuanian state honored Sarunas Jasikevicius for leading Zalgiris Kaunas to the EuroLeague Final Four.

By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net

Basketball is the second religion in Lithuania and that was proven once more. Sarunas Jasikevicius has already been named an honorary citizen of the city of Kaunas, however even the Lithuanian president Dalia Grybauskaitė wanted to honor him.

Saras received the Grand Cross of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas. It is the Lithuanian Presidential Award which was re-instituted after the independence of the country to honor the citizens of Lithuania for outstanding performance in civil and public offices. The Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas was instituted in 1928. It features the Columns of Gediminas, one of the national symbols of Lithuania.

 

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