List of Slavic Native Faith's organisations

List of organisations of Slavic Native Faith (Rodnovery) by country. Some organisations have their headquarters and major following in one country but have branches in other countries as well.

Slavic countries

Belarus

  • "Commonwealth of Rodoviches" (Rodnovers);[1]
  • "Belarusian Ecological Union" (Белорусский Экологический Союз);
  • "Darateya Centre" (Центр «Даратэя»);
  • "Centre of Ecthnocosmology—Kriya" (Центр Эктнокосмологии «Крийя»);
  • "Order of the Slavic Circle" (Орден Славянский Круг).

Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • "Circle of Svarog" (Svaroži Krug) within the movement "Praskozorje".

Bulgaria

  • "Dulo Alliance";
  • "Warriors of Tangra";
  • "Bulgarian Horde 1938".

Croatia

  • "Union of Croatian Rodnovers" (Savez hrvatskih rodnovjeraca)[2]

Czechia

  • "Rodná Víra" organisation.

Poland

Registered religious organizations:

Informal groups and associations:

  • "Białożar Group" (Gromada Białożar);
  • Free Group "Enclave" (Wolna Grupa "Enklawa");
  • Lodz Rodnover Community "Wolfish Circle" (Łódzka Wspólnota Rodzimowiercza "Wilczy Krąg");
  • "MIR—Silesian Group of Rodnovers" (MIR—Śląska Grupa Rodzimowierców);
  • "Raróg Group" (Gromada Raróg);
  • Rodnover Confederation (Konfederacja Rodzimowiercza):[4]
    • "Circle of Radegast" (Krąg Radogost);
    • "Drzewo Przodków" association;
    • "Gontyna" association;
    • "Kałdus" association;
    • Association of Pomeranian Rodnovers "Jantar" (Stowarzyszenie Rodzimowierców Pomorskich "Jantar");
    • "ZW Rodzima Wiara";
    • "Swarga" Group (Gromada "Swarga");
    • "Wanda" Group (Gromada "Wanda");
    • "WiD Group";
    • "Watra" Rodnover Community (Wspólnota Rodzimowierców "Watra");
    • "Żertwa" association;
  • "Ślęża Rodnovers" (Rodzimowiercy Ślężańscy).

Russia

  • "Alliance of Natural Faith—Slavya" of Moscow;[5]
  • "Circle of Pagan Tradition" (Круг Языческой Традиции);[1]
  • "Circle of Veles";[1]
  • "Union of Slavic Rodnover Communities" (Союз Славянских Общин Славянской Родной Веры);[1]
    • "Krasnoyarsk Rodnover Communities—Rodunitsa" (Общины Родноверов Красноярья "Родуница");
    • "Russian Rodnover Community—Rodoliubie" of Moscow;[6][7]
  • "Koliada Viatichei" organisation of Nikolai Speransky (Velimir);[8]
  • "Krasnodar Slavic Orthodox Community—Vedic Culture of Russian Aryans";[9]
  • "Kupala Centre" of Grigory Yakutovsky (Vseslav);[10]
  • Peterburgian Vedism:[11]
    • "Union of the Veneds" led by Oleg Gusev and Roman Perin (Soyuz Venedov);
    • Two other "Unions of the Veneds";
    • "Shag Volka" organisation, led by Vladimir Golyakov;
    • "Society of the Mages" (Obshchestvo Volkhvov);
  • "Ringing Cedars" (Anastasianism; not strictly Rodnover);[12]
  • "Russian Religious Church" of Viktor M. Kandyba;[13]
  • "Satya-Veda Aryan Gentile Community" of Ilya Cherkasov (Veleslav);[10]
  • "School of Wolves";[14]:1186
  • "Skhoron Ezh Sloven" (Схорон Еж Словен), led by Vladimir Golyakov;[15]
  • "Slavic Community of Svetovid" of Slavyansk-na-Kubani;[16]
  • "Slavic Orthodox Community—Shield of Simargl" of Vladivostok;[6]
  • "Spiritual-Native Sovereign Rus'" (Dukhovno-Rodovaia Derzhava Rus);[17]
  • "Svyatogor Warrior Centre" of Kolomna;[14]:1186
  • "Tezaurus Spiritual Union";[14]:1186
  • "Tur" Gentile Community of Izhevsk;[14]:1186
  • "Wolves of the Don" of Volgograd;[15]
  • "Wolves of Khors" of Nizhni Novgorod;[15]
  • Ynglism: "Ancient Russian Ynglist Church of the Orthodox Old Believers—Ynglings" (Древнерусская Инглиистическая Церковь Православных Староверов—Инглингов).[1]

Serbia

  • Association of Rodnovers of Serbia "Staroslavci" (Удружење родноверних Србије "Старославци").[18]

Slovakia

  • "Holy Grove of the Native Faith" (Svätoháj Rodnej Viery).[19]

Slovenia

  • "Old Believers" Association (Združenje "Staroverci");[19]
  • "Svetovid Parish of the Old Belief" (Staroverska Župa Svetovid).

Ukraine

As of 2016, the Ukrainian state officially recognises only four of the following organisations (RUNVira, Ancestral Fire of the Native Orthodox Faith, the Churches of Ukrainian Gentiles and the Federation of Ukrainian Rodnovers), with more than one hundred local congregations affiliated with these four. In addition, the state recognises more than thirty other congregations which are not affiliated with the four recognised organisations.[20]

  • "Ancestral Fire of the Native Orthodox Faith" (Родового Вогнища Рідної Православної Віри);[21]
  • "Brotherhood of Ukrainian Gentiles—Svarha";[22]
  • "Churches of the Ukrainian Gentiles" (Церкви Українських Язичників);
  • "Circle of Ukrainian Rodnovers" (Коло Родноверов Украины);
  • "Federation of Ukrainian Rodnovers" (Объединение Родноверов Украины) led by Halyna Lozko (Volkhvynia Zoreslava).[21]
  • "General Fire of the Slavic Native Faith" (Родове Вогнище Слов'янської Рідної Віри);
  • "Great Fire" movement" (Великий Огонь);[23]
  • "Khara-Khors Slavic Vedic" movement;[23]
  • "Order of the Knights of the Solar God";[7]
  • Ladovery (Ладовіра) of Oleksandr Shokalo;[23]
  • "Native Orthodox Faith—Wreath of God";[7]
  • "North Caucasian Scythian Regional Fire" (Assian organisation in the North Caucasus region of Russia and east Ukraine);[7]
  • Orantism (Орантизм), Berehynia devotees;[23]
  • "Perun's Host" (Perunova Rat) organisation;[23]
  • "Academy of Human Development—Rodosvit";[7]
  • "Ruthenian Orthodox Circle" (Русский Православный Круг);[24]
  • "Centre for the Revival of Ukrainian Culture—Svitovyd";[24]
  • Sylenkoite churches:[25]
    • "Association of Sons and Daughters of Ukraine of the Native Ukrainian National Faith" (Об'єднання Синів і Дочок України—РУНВіра; OSIDU RUNVira);
    • "Association of Sons and Daughters of the Native Ukrainian National Faith" (Об'єднання Синів і Дочок—РУНВіра; OSID RUNVira);
    • "Union of the Ukrainian Native Faith" (Собор Родной Украинской Веры);
    • Volodymyr Chornyi's following;
  • "Trinity" (Triitsia) organisation, led by Ievhen Dobzhansky (Voleliub);[23]
  • "Ukrainian Spiritual Republic" (Ukrainska Dukhovna Respublika);[26]
  • Union of Ukrainian Customary Communities.[22]

Non-Slavic countries

Estonia

  • "Fellowship of the Russian People's Faith in Estonia" (Содруга Русской Народной Веры в Эстонии).[27]

References

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Skrylnikov 2016.
  2. ↑ Union of Croatian Rodnovers, official website.
  3. ↑ "Powołanie nowego związku wyznaniowego". Duchtynia. 2017-06-12. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  4. ↑ Bartwicki, Arkadiusz (2015-09-01). "Sprawozdanie z III Ogólnopolskiego Zjazdu Rodzimowierców". rodzimawiara.org.pl. Retrieved 2017-05-06.
  5. ↑ Shnirelman 2007, p. 55.
  6. 1 2 Shnirelman 2007, p. 51.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 Lesiv 2013, p. 168.
  8. ↑ Shnirelman 2007, p. 54.
  9. ↑ "Organizations Found by Russian Courts to be Extremist". SOVA Center for Information and Analysis, 05/07/2008.
  10. 1 2 Shnirelman 2007, p. 53.
  11. ↑ Aitamurto 2016, p. 36.
  12. ↑ Aitamurto 2016, p. 29.
  13. ↑ Shnirelman 2007, p. 48.
  14. 1 2 3 4 Ivakhiv, Adrian (2006). "Neo-Paganism in Ukraine". Taylor, Bron. The Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature, Letter N. Continuum. ISBN 9780199754670
  15. 1 2 3 Shnirelman 2013, p. 67.
  16. ↑ Shnirelman 2007, p. 45.
  17. ↑ Verkhnovsky, Alexander. "Old Problems and New Alliances: Xenophobia and Radical Nationalism in Russia, and Efforts to Counteract Them in 2016". SOVA Center for Information and Analysis, 08/05/2017.
  18. ↑ Association of Rodnovers of Serbia "Staroslavci", official website.
  19. 1 2 Petrović 2013, p. 11.
  20. ↑ RISU (Religion Information Service of Ukraine): Релігійні організації в Україні (станом на 1 січня 2016 р.) — State-recognised religious organisations as of 2016.
  21. 1 2 Ivakhiv 2005, p. 21.
  22. 1 2 Lesiv 2013, p. 167.
  23. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ivakhiv 2005, p. 23.
  24. 1 2 Lesiv 2013, p. 169.
  25. ↑ Ivakhiv 2005, pp. 17-18.
  26. ↑ Ivakhiv 2005, p. 15.
  27. ↑ "Eestis registreeritud usulised ühendused (Estonia Registered Religious Associations)". Estonia's Ministry of the Interior, 01-01-2012.

Sources

Secondary sources

  • Aitamurto, Kaarina (2016). Paganism, Traditionalism, Nationalism: Narratives of Russian Rodnoverie. London and New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-1472460271.
  • Ivakhiv, Adrian (2005). "In Search of Deeper Identities: Neopaganism and "Native Faith" in Contemporary Ukraine" (PDF). Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions. 8 (3). pp. 7–38. JSTOR 10.1525/nr.2005.8.3.7.
  • Lesiv, Mariya (2013). The Return of Ancestral Gods: Modern Ukrainian Paganism as an Alternative Vision for a Nation. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press. ISBN 978-0773542624.
  • Shnirelman, Victor A. (2007). "Ancestral Wisdom and Ethnic Nationalism: A View from Eastern Europe". The Pomegranate: The International Journal of Pagan Studies. 9 (1). pp. 41–61. doi:10.1558/pome.v9i1.41.
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  • Skrylnikov, Pavel (20 July 2016). "The Church Against Neo-Paganism". Intersection. Retrieved 20 May 2017.

Primary sources

  • Petrović, Milan (2013). "Qualification of Slavic Rodnovery in scientific literature — neopaganism or ethnic religion" (PDF). Serbia: Svevlad Association of the Ecological and Ethnological Cultural Centre "Sfera".
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