Holy groves were considered not holy in itself, but as a home of gods. Jerome of Prague was an ardent missionary in Lithuania, and was leading the chopping of the holy groves and desecration of Lithuanian sacred heathen places. Lithuanian woman reached Vytautas the Great with plaints that they are losing their places of "Dievas", the places where they prayed supreme god – "Dievas" to withhold the Sun or rain. Now, when the holy groves are destroyed they do not know where to search for "Dievas" since it lost its home. Jerome of Prague was finally sent out of the country.