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

  • "Belarusian Ecological Union" (Белорусский Экологический Союз);
  • "Centre of Ethnocosmology–Kriya" (Belarusian: Цэнтр Этнакасмалогіі "Крыўя");
  • "Commonwealth of Rodoviches" (Rodnovers);[1]
  • "Darateya Centre" (Центр "Даратэя");
  • "School of the Slavic Health Tradition" (Школа "Традиции Здоровья Славян"), also called "Order of the Slavic Circle" (Орден "Славянский Круг").

Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • "Circle of Svarog" (Svaroži Krug) within the movement "Praskozorje".[2]

Bulgaria

  • "Bulgarian Horde 1938";[3]
  • "Dulo Alliance";[3]
  • "Warriors of Tangra".[3]

Croatia

  • "Union of Croatian Rodnovers" (Savez hrvatskih rodnovjeraca).[4]

Czechia

  • "Rodná víra" (Native Faith) — of Richard Bigl (Khotebud);[5][6]
  • "Yarowit's kin".[6]

Poland

Registered religious organizations:

  • Native Polish Church (Rodzimy Kościół Polski);
  • "ZW Rodzima Wiara";
  • Religious Organisation of Polish Rodnovers "Kin" (Związek Wyznaniowy Rodzimowierców Polskich "Ród");[7]
  • West Slavic Religious Association "Slavic Faith" (Zachodniosłowiański Związek Wyznaniowy Słowiańska Wiara);
  • Polish Slavic Church (Polski Kościół Słowiański).

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):[8]
    • "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

As of 2003, the Russian Ministry of Justice had registered forty Rodnover organisations, while there were "probably several hundred of them in existence".[9]

  • "All-Russian Religious Union–Russian Folk Faith" (Всероссийский Религиозный Союз "Русская Народная Вера") of Irina O. Volkova (Krada Veles);[10]
  • "Alliance of Natural Faith–Slavya" of Moscow;[11]
  • "Association of Slavic-hill Wrestling Fighters" of Aleksandr Belov (Selidor);[10]
  • "Church of the Nav" (Це́рковь На́ви);[12]
  • "Circle of Pagan Tradition" (Круг Языческой Традиции);[1]
  • "Commonwealth of Pagan Communities of Siberia–Siberian Veche" (Содружество Языческих Общин Сибири "Сибирское Вече");[10]
  • "Commonwealth of Slavic Rodnover Communities–Circle of Veles" (Содружество Славянских Родноверческих Общин "Велесов Круг"):[1]
    • "Satya-Veda Aryan Gentile Community"[13] / "Russian-Slavic Rodnover Community–Rodolyubie" of Moscow, of Ilya Cherkasov (Veleslav);[14][15][16]
    • "Obninsk Rodnover Community–Triglav";
    • "Kostroma Rodnover Community–Khorovod";
    • "Ryazan Rodnover Community–Troyesvet";
  • "House of the Ash-Tree" (Дом Ясеня) and "Foundation for the Development of Traditional Culture" (Фондом Развития Традиционной Культуры) of A.V. Platov (Iggvolod);[10]
  • "Koliada Viatichei" (Коляда Вятичей) organisation of Nikolai Speransky (Velimir);[17]
  • "Krasnodar Slavic Orthodox Community–Vedic Culture of Russian Aryans";[18]
  • "Krina" of Saint Petersburg, of Andrei Rezunkov (Blagumil);[19]
  • "Kupala Centre" of Grigory Yakutovsky (Vseslav);[13]
  • Peterburgian Vedism:[20]
    • "Union of the Veneds" (Союз Венедов) led by Oleg Gusev and Roman Perin;
    • Two other "Unions of the Veneds";
    • "Society of the Mages" (Obshchestvo Volkhvov);
    • "Skhoron ezh Sloven" (Схорон еж Словен), former "Shag Volka" organisation, led by Vladimir Y. Golyakov;[10][21]
  • "Ringing Cedars" (Anastasianism), not strictly Rodnover;[22]
  • "Russian National Movement–Course of Truth and Unity" (Российское Общенародное Движение "Курсом Правды и Единения"), not strictly Rodnover;
  • "Russian Religious Church" of Viktor M. Kandyba;[23]
  • "Russian Warriors";[12]
  • "School of Wolves";[12]
  • "Slavic Community of Svetovid" of Slavyansk-na-Kubani;[24]
  • "Slavic Orthodox Community–Shield of Simargl" of Vladivostok;[14]
  • "Spiritual-Native Sovereign Rus'" (Dukhovno-Rodovaia Derzhava Rus);[25]
  • "Svarozhichi" of Yekaterinburg and the Ural region, of Dobroslav;[26]
  • "Svyatogor Warrior Centre" of Kolomna;[12]
  • "Tezaurus Spiritual Union" (Authentism);[12]
  • "Way of Troyan" (Тропа Троянова);[27]
  • "Tur" Gentile Community of Izhevsk;[12]
  • "Tver Ethnocultural Association–Tverzha" (Тверское Этнокультурное Объединение "Твержа");[10]
  • "Union of Slavic Communities of the Slavic Native Belief" (Союз Славянских Общин Славянской Родной Веры):[1]
    • "Krasnoyarsk Rodnover Communities–Rodunitsa" (Общины Родноверов Красноярья "Родуница");
  • "Wolves of the Don" of Volgograd;[21]
  • "Wolves of Khors" of Nizhni Novgorod;[21]
  • 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").[28]

Slovakia

  • "Holy Grove of the Native Faith" (Svätoháj Rodnej Viery).[29]

Slovenia

  • "Old Believers" Association (Združenje "Staroverci");[29]
  • "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.[30]

  • "Ancestral Fire of the Native Orthodox Faith" (Родового Вогнища Рідної Православної Віри);[31]
  • "Brotherhood of Ukrainian Gentiles–Svarha";[32]
  • "Churches of 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).[31]
  • "General Fire of the Slavic Native Faith" (Родове Вогнище Слов'янської Рідної Віри);
  • "Great Fire" movement" (Великий Огонь);[33]
  • "Khara-Khors Slavic Vedic" movement;[33]
  • "Order of the Knights of the Solar God";[15]
  • Ladovery (Ладовіра) of Oleksandr Shokalo;[33]
  • "Native Orthodox Faith–Wreath of God";[15]
  • Native Ukrainian National Faith, Sylenkoite churches:[34]
    • "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;
  • "North Caucasian Scythian Regional Fire" (Assian organisation in the North Caucasus region of Russia and east Ukraine);[15]
  • Orantism (Орантизм), Berehynia devotees;[33]
  • "Perun's Host" (Perunova Rat) organisation;[33]
  • "Academy of Human Development–Rodosvit";[15]
  • "Ruthenian Orthodox Circle" (Русский Православный Круг);[35]
  • "Centre for the Revival of Ukrainian Culture–Svitovyd";[35]
  • "Trinity" (Triitsia) organisation, led by Ievhen Dobzhansky (Voleliub);[33]
  • "Ukrainian Spiritual Republic" (Ukrainska Dukhovna Respublika) of Oles Berdnyk;[36]
  • Union of Ukrainian Customary Communities.[32]

Non-Slavic countries

Australia

Estonia

  • "Fellowship of the Russian Folk Faith in Estonia" (Содруга Русской Народной Веры в Эстонии).[39]

United States

References

Citations

  1. Skrylnikov 2016.
  2. Radulovic 2017, p. 60.
  3. Dulov 2013, pp. 206–207.
  4. Union of Croatian Rodnovers, official website.
  5. Dostálová 2013, p. 170.
  6. Mačuda 2013.
  7. "Powołanie nowego związku wyznaniowego" [Creation of a new religious association]. Duchtynia (in Polish). 13 June 2017. Archived from the original on 27 June 2017.
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  9. Golovneva 2018, p. 340.
  10. Popov 2016, Славянская народная религия (Родноверие) / Slavic indigenous religion (Native Faith).
  11. Shnirelman 2007, p. 55.
  12. Shnirelman & Ivakhiv 2008, p. 1186.
  13. Shnirelman 2007, p. 53.
  14. Shnirelman 2007, p. 51.
  15. Lesiv 2013, p. 168.
  16. Aitamurto 2016, p. 50.
  17. Shnirelman 2007, p. 54; Shnirelman 2008, pp. 967–968.
  18. "Organizations Found by Russian Courts to be Extremist". SOVA Center for Information and Analysis. 5 July 2008. Archived from the original on 7 May 2020.
  19. Aitamurto 2016, pp. 48–49.
  20. Aitamurto 2016, p. 36.
  21. Shnirelman 2013, p. 67.
  22. Aitamurto 2016, p. 29.
  23. Shnirelman 2007, p. 48.
  24. Shnirelman 2007, p. 45.
  25. Verkhnovsky, Alexander (8 May 2017). "Old Problems and New Alliances: Xenophobia and Radical Nationalism in Russia, and Efforts to Counteract Them in 2016". SOVA Center for Information and Analysis. Archived from the original on 8 October 2017.
  26. Golovneva 2018, pp. 344–346.
  27. Popov 2016, Новые российские религии / New Russian religions.
  28. Radulovic 2017, pp. 47–76.
  29. Petrović 2013, p. 11.
  30. "Релігійні організації в Україні (станом на 1 січня 2016 р.)" [State-recognised religious organisations as of 2016]. RISU (Religion Information Service of Ukraine). Archived from the original on 26 June 2019.
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  32. Lesiv 2013, p. 167.
  33. Ivakhiv 2005, p. 23.
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  36. Shnirelman & Ivakhiv 2008, p. 1189.
  37. Ivakhiv 2005b, p. 224.
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