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The
Latvian polling agency SKDS has also gathered information regarding the religious affiliation of Latvia over the years. In 2018, 26% of the population was Orthodox, 20% identified as Catholic while 17% was Lutheran, and 3% were Old Believers. 14% believed in God without being affiliated to any
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As of 2011, the
Justice Ministry had registered 1145 congregations. This total included: Lutheran (294), Catholic (250), Orthodox (122), Baptist (94), Old Believer Orthodox (69), Pentecostal (52), Seventh-day Adventist (51), Evangelical (39), New Generation (18), Muslim (17), Jehovah's Witnesses
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According to the Annual Report of
Religious Organizations and their Activities published by the Ministry of Justice (MOJ), based on 2022 data, the largest religious groups are Lutheran (37 percent), Roman Catholic (19 percent), and Latvian Orthodox Christian (13 percent); almost 30 percent of the
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Catholic, although Catholics are now common in Riga and other cities due to migration from Latgale. Historically, Lutherans were the majority, but Communist rule weakened Lutheranism much more than Catholicism, with the result that there are now only slightly more
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Despite the
Christianization, the local populace in the countryside maintained their pagan belief system for several centuries, with pockets of paganism surviving in Latvia up until the 17th century. Along with the rest of the traditional holidays, Christmas
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In 2022 Latvia passed a law removing all influence or power over the
Orthodox Church from non Latvians, which would include the Patriarch of Moscow, making the Orthodox Church of Latvia completely independent.
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the teachings of
Lutheranism from Northern Germany and Scandinavia completely changed the religious landscape in the country, and eventually only Latgale remained Catholic due to the influence of the
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during the Soviet era and the general
European trend of secularization, religiosity declined drastically, and today a growing percentage of Latvians claims
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StradiÅÅ” J (1996). "Martin Luther and the Impact of the
Reformation on the History of Latvia. - Dialogue between Christianity and Secularism in Latvia".
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has 430,000 members. Historically, the west and central parts of the country have been predominantly
Protestant, while the east ā particularly the
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125:. As of 2019, it is the largest religion (68.84%), though only about 7% of the population attends religious services regularly.
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found that 62.6% of the Latvian population declared to belong to a Christian denomination, divided in 19.7%
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population and individual cases of adhering to other Protestant confessions.
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was 4,000, although some estimates are double this; there are 1,000
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1689:. 10 September 2022.
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332:Protestants
309:No Religion
271:, with low
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40:Lutheranism
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2802:Montenegro
2782:Luxembourg
2762:Kazakhstan
2665:Azerbaijan
2556:Television
2531:Literature
2448:Healthcare
2287:Government
1852:Protestant
1645:Statistika
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1533:2012-07-25
1497:2019-06-20
1456:15 October
1311:References
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1169:Methodists
1051:Adherents
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817:Undecided
301:Protestant
250:Protestant
231:Lieldienas
103:RÄ«gas Doms
70:Christians
2958:Gibraltar
2777:Lithuania
2541:Mythology
2453:Education
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2827:Portugal
2685:Bulgaria
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2255:Politics
1861:Lutheran
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1603:delfi.lv
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1099:Baptists
1079:Orthodox
1031:Buddhist
1027:Dievturi
764:Atheist
618:Judaism
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299:, 17.8%
295:, 18.5%
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175:History
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2847:Serbia
2837:Russia
2822:Poland
2817:Norway
2797:Monaco
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2735:Greece
2720:France
2695:Cyprus
2589:Portal
2506:Cinema
2501:Anthem
2387:Energy
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