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LLIFE LONG LEARNING MULTIRATERAL COMENIUS SCHOOL PROJECT
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OLAINE SECONDARY SCHOOL No 1
SEPTEMBER
2011
RELIGION IN LATVIA
 Latvia has no official religion.
 In general Latvian society is tolerant of different
religions and open to new religious ideas.
 The main religion traditionally practised in Latvia is
Christianity.
MAIN RELIGIONS IN LATVIA
 Lutheranism,
 Catholicism,
 Russian Orthodox,
 Old Believer communities.
LUTHERANISM
 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia has 450,000
members.
 Historically, the west and central parts of the country have
been predominantly Protestant.
 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia is a member
of the Lutheran World Federation, the World Council of
Churches and the Conference of European Churches.
LUTHERANISM
 The Church is governed by a Consistory composed of
clergy and laity elected by the synod.
 The Archbishop serves as its president.
LUTHERAN CHURCHES IN LATVIA
LUTHERAN CHURCES IN LATVIA
LUTHERAN CHURCES IN LATVIA
CATHOLICISM
 Roman Catholicism in Latvia has 430,000 members,
around 17% of the population.
 The east part of Latvia – particularly the Latgale
region – has been predominantly Catholic.
 The Roman Catholic Church of Latvia is part of the
worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the
spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome.
CATHOLICISM
 Latvian Roman
Catholics own the world
famous holy shrine – the
Aglona Basilica.
 1980 – the church was
officially given the
status of a Basilica by
Pope John Paul II.
CATHOLICISM
 August 15th Assumption Day of the
Virgin Mary - every year
hundreds of thousands
pilgrims from all Europe
go to Aglona basilica .
CATHOLICISM
 Virgin Maria
of Aglona Basilica
 Pope’s John Pavil II
visit to Latvia
RUSSIAN ORTHODOX
 Orthodoxy was planted in Latvia in the 11th century.
 The Latvian Orthodox Church is a self-governing Eastern
Orthodox Church under the jurisdiction of the Patriarchate
of Moscow.
 It has 350,000 members.
 Orthodoxy predominates among the Latvian Russian
population.
RUSSIAN ORTHODOX
OLD BELIEVER COMMUNITIES
 The community of Old Believers is one of the most
integrated religious and ethnic groupings in Latvia.
 The term 'Old Belief' refers to the churches and
religious communities that do not recognize the
reforms launched in the Russian Orthodox Church in
the 17th century by Patriarch Nikon.
OLD BELIEVER COMMUNITIES
 The Old Believers traditionally cross themselves with
two fingers, and they recognized only pre-reform
icons, liturgical books and observances, and the eightarmed cross.
OLD BELIEVER COMMUNITIES
 The first congregations of Old Believers started to live
in Latgale, former Polish-Lithuanian territory in the
17th century.
DIEVTURI
 It is a Neopagan religious movement, which claims to be a
modern revival of the folk religion of the Latvians before
Christianization in the 13th century.
 Dievturi means in Latvian "those who hold by God".
 Dievturi take care of folk education, hold religious services and
praise meetings, and also conduct ceremonies at festivities and
rites of passage - birth, coming of age, marriage and funeral,
issuing the appropriate certificates as well.
DIEVTURI
 Dievturība started in 1925 and is primarily based on
Latvian folklore, old folk songs - dainas and
mythology.
 Approximately 650 persons are officially active
members of Dievturi movement.
DIEVTURI
DIEVTURI – calendar of the year
 Jāņi – summer solstice. It is seed-
time and hay time.
 Miķeļi – autumn solstice. Autumn
time and soul of the dead time.
 Ziemassvētki (Christmas) – winter
and ice time.
 Lieldaienas (Easter) – spring time
and frozen snow time.
Thank you for attention!