The main religion traditionally practiced in Latvia is Christianity. As of 2019[update], it is the largest religion (68.84%), though only about 7% of the...
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indicating that children in Latvia are increasingly being raised and educated in Latvian. The largest religion in Latvia is Christianity (79%), though...
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Latvia (/ˈlætviə/ LAT-vee-ə, sometimes /ˈlɑːtviə/ LAHT-vee-ə; Latvian: Latvija Latvian pronunciation: [ˈlatvija]), officially the Republic of Latvia, is...
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The Latvian Orthodox Church (Latvian: Latvijas Pareizticīgā Baznīca) is an Eastern Orthodox church in Latvia, part of the wider Eastern Orthodoxy community...
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currently part of the Helsinki Finland Temple District. Religion in Estonia Religion in Latvia Religion in Lithuania "Facts and Statistics: Statistics by Country:...
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Following Latvian independence in 1918, separation of church and state was established. Following the 1934 Latvian coup d'état, religion and irreligion...
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ancient religion. The most successful of the neopagan movements was Dievturi, established in the late 1920s, which claims that ancient Latvians were monotheistic...
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of Muslims in Latvia was first recorded in the 19th century. These Muslims were mainly Tatar and Turkic people who had been taken to Latvia against their...
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Alka or alkas (Latvian: elks) is the name of a sacred place or a place for burning sacrifices in Baltic religion. In Latvia and Lithuania alka(-s) and...
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revival of the ethnic religion of the Latvians before Christianization in the 13th century CE. Most of the Christian Latvians claim to belong to the...
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