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Slavic Neopaganism
The Slavic Native Faith, commonly known as Rodnovery and sometimes as Slavic Neopaganism, is a modern Paganism, modern Pagan religion. Classified as a new religious movement, its practitioners hearken back to the Slavic paganism, historical belief systems of the Slavs, Slavic peoples of Central and Eastern Europe, though the movement is inclusive of external influences and hosts a variety of currents. "Rodnovery" is a widely accepted self-descriptor within the community, although there are Rodnover organisations which further characterise the religion as Vedism, Orthodoxy, and Old Believers, Old Belief. Many Rodnovers regard their religion as a faithful continuation of the ancient beliefs that survived as a folk religion or a conscious "double belief" following the Christianisation of the Slavs in the Middle Ages. Rodnovery draws upon surviving historical and archaeological sources and folk religion, often integrating them with non-Slavic sources such as Hinduism (becaus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Of Slavic Native Belief Communities
The Union of Slavic Communities of the Slavic Native Faith (acronym: USC SNF; Russian: ''Союз Славянских Общин Славянской Родной Веры'', Russian acronym: ССО СРВ) is one of the largest Russian organisations of Slavic Native Faith (Rodnovery) groups, established in 1997, and officially recognised by the government in 2014 (becoming the first Rodnover organisation to be recognised by the Russian government). History In September 1993, in Kaluga, Vadim Kazakov, a student of Alexey Dobrovolsky (Dobroslav) (one of the founders of the Russian Rodnoverie), created the Kaluga Slavic Community. In addition to the Kaluga branch, the "Moscow Slavic Pagan Community" had branches in Kaliningrad, Vladimir, Izhevsk, and Ryazan. Until the end of 1998, the Obninsk Vedic Community "Troyana", established in November 1993, was headed by the volkhv Bogumil (D. A. Gasanov) and closely cooperated with the Kaluga Community. The Union of Slavic Native Belief ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
