Slavic Native Faith
Rodnovery
Slavic Neopaganism

Moscow has several temples of the Slavic native faith.

Slavic native faith groups also incorporate elements of Hinduism.

Various organizations continue to promote Slavic native faith through numerous websites and online magazines.

According to this view "Rodnovery" is a word that embodies the central concept of the Slavic native faith.

The magazine and its associated group embraced members with a wide variety of viewpoints, ranging from secularly humanistic to religiously Slavic native faith stances.

Moreover, numerous unregistred and less formal groups of Slavic native faith exist in many cities and towns of Poland.

Slovenian Old-believers), was formed in 2005 when they began actively working on the preservation of Slovenian and Slavic native faith.

In Russia and Ukraine, many followers of Slavic native faith use the Book of Veles as a sacred text.

The largest Slavic native faith group in Slovakia is Krug Peruna; it actively organizes different ceremonies throughout the country.

Another smaller group is Paromova Dúbrava, which draws together Slavic native faith believers from Bratislava and nearby vicinities.

Since the breakup of the USSR in 1991, a small number have converted to various Protestant denominations or to Rodnovery, Slavic native faith.

Rodnover groups in the Russian Federation include the Union of Slavic Native Faith Communities based in Kaluga.

Ethnic Russians primarily practice Russian Orthodox Christianity and Rodnovery (Slavic native faith), but also Hinduism, while Kazakhs are traditionally Muslims.

Slavic neopaganism or the Slavic native faith, is the contemporary continuation of the ethnic religion of the Slavic peoples (codified in the corpus of Slavic mythology).

The Svarog Battalion is a battalion formed by members of the Rodnovery (Slavic native faith) movement, at its peak 1,200 fighters, which is now part of the Vostok Brigade.

The second most popular religions are ethnic and nature religions, namely Rodnovery (Slavic native faith), Tengrism (Central Asians' native faith) and Burkhanism, constituting altogether 13% of the population.

They focus on comprehending Slavic native faith themes that survived in Slovakia to this day, instead of exactly reproducing rituals as they are described in historical literature (often fragmentary and written by foreigners).

Rodna or rodnaya is itself a concept which can denote the "nearest and dearest", and such impersonal community as one's native home or land, but not all groups of Slavic native faith believers agree on such view of Rod.

According to a 2012 official survey 24.9% of the population of Novosibirsk Oblast adheres to the Russian Orthodox Church, 5% are unaffiliated generic Christians, 1% of the population adheres to the Slavic native faith (Rodnovery), and 1% to Islam.

This was changed with the promulgation of a law "on freedom of conscience and religious organisation" in November 2015, backed by three deputies professiong Rodnovery (Slavic native faith), which is very strong in the Donetsk territory and even organised the Svarog Battalion later absorbed into the Vostok Brigade.

In 1992 a political party ("Russkaya Partiya") associated with Slavic native faith issued a manifesto, calling for declaration of "Christianity (which preaches the idea of God-chosen Jewish people) a Jewish ideology, and a foreign religion that aids the establishment of a Zionist yoke in Russia".

Some strains of Rodnovery in Russia are characterised by racist and antisemitic views.

Etymology of the term "Rodnovery"

Russian centers of Rodnovery are situated also in Dolgoprudny, Pskov and other cities.

Paganism in Belarus is mostly represented by Rodnovery, the Slavic neopaganism.

Roman Shizhensky, a scholar of Russian Rodnovery, states that it is a manufactured "parareligious" movement based on fabricated mythology.

Russian Rodnovery has been described by the culturologist I.B.Mikheyeva as "highly politicized quasireligion" with extremist tendencies.

This definition may include groups such as Wicca, Neo-Druidism, Ásatrú, and Slavic Rodnovery.

Since the fall of the Soviet Union there has been a growth of Protestant churches and Rodnovery, a contemporary Slavic modern pagan religion.

Modern revival movements of these religions include Heathenism, Rodnovery, Romuva, Druidry, Wicca, and others.

Since the breakup of the USSR in 1991, a small number have converted to various Protestant denominations or to Rodnovery, Slavic native faith.

Also present are revival movements of pre-Christianity European folk religions including Heathenism, Rodnovery, Romuva, and Druidry.

He meets with group of people around him named Rodný kruh, fostering an unorthodox approach to Rodnovery under the name "Vedism" (Slovak: Vedomectvo).

The revived native religion of the Slavs (Rodnovery in English, Rodnověří in Czech) has a presence in the Czech Republic.

Ethnic Russians primarily practice Russian Orthodox Christianity and Rodnovery (Slavic native faith), but also Hinduism, while Kazakhs are traditionally Muslims.

Other religions practiced in Moscow include Armenian Apostolicism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Catholicism, Islam, Judaism, Old Believers, Protestantism, and Rodnovery.

Alarmed by the rapid growth of Rodnovery in Slavic countries, exponents of the Orthodox Church gathered on 19 September 2015 launching a smartphone application of apologetics against the movement.

Rodnovery have taken a major role in the War in Donbass, on the side of the Russian separatists, and have been accused of harassing members of other religions, especially Protestants.

The Svarog Battalion is a battalion formed by members of the Rodnovery (Slavic native faith) movement, at its peak 1,200 fighters, which is now part of the Vostok Brigade.

Ynglism is a Neopagan religion centered in Omsk but with communities spread throughout Russia, variously classified as a branch of Rodnovery, but often not recognised as such by mainstream Rodnover groups.

The second most popular religions are ethnic and nature religions, namely Rodnovery (Slavic native faith), Tengrism (Central Asians' native faith) and Burkhanism, constituting altogether 13% of the population.

In Odinism and Rodnovery the 'Red Corner' is the place of the home shrine, where a small home for the Chury (Chur) are hanged or put Saints, embroidered towels and cleaned.

The trident of Vladimir is also used by followers of Ukrainian rodnovery as part of the basic symbol of their religion - the Ukrainian national coat of arms on a field of radiant sun.

The most prominent of these are Rodnovery, the revival of the Slavic native religion also common to other Slavic nations, Another movement, very small in comparison to other new religions, is Vissarionism, a syncretic group with an Orthodox Christian background.

According to Kaarina Aitamurto, "Rodnovery" is the most used and most appropriate term to define the ethnic religion of the Slavs because, aside from its immediate meaning, it has deeper senses related to its Slavic etymology that would be lost through translation.

Neopagan groups have emerged in Romania over the latest decade, virtually all of them being ethno-pagan as in the other countries of Eastern Europe, although still small in comparison to other movements such as Ősmagyar Vallás in Hungary and Rodnovery in the Slavic Europe.

His early works form the basis of the Slavic neopaganism movement and its reconstruction.

It is one of the words for Slavic Neopaganism (Rodnovery).

Paganism in Belarus is mostly represented by Rodnovery, the Slavic neopaganism.

Slavic neopaganism (Rodnovery)

Some of his statements are similar to ideas from the Slavic-Arian Vedas (a hoax book of Slavic Neopaganism).

Moreover, forms of indigenous Hindu movements (called "Slavic Vedism") have sprung up, with ties to Slavic Neopaganism.

Slavic neopaganism or the Slavic native faith, is the contemporary continuation of the ethnic religion of the Slavic peoples (codified in the corpus of Slavic mythology).

As Slavic Neopaganism by definition describes its own territorial scope due to its visible ethnicity, the Native Polish Church does not find a verification of its candidate's descent to be necessary.

Followers of the modern movement of Slavic Neopaganism attach a mystical significance to the wreath, weaving their wreaths of oak leaves and field flowers for their ritual celebration of the Summer Solstice.

Also some syncretic groups within Rodnovery (Slavic Neopaganism) use the term "Vedism" and worship Vedic gods, but mainstream Rodnovery is characterised by its use of indigenous Slavic rituals and Slavic names for the gods.