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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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region ā€“ has been predominantly 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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StradiņŔ 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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Atlas of Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century by Richard Crampton, Benjamin Crampton; p. 90; "Inter-war Latvia: Religious composition"
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religion, while 15% declared themselves as atheist. A further 3% belonged to other Christian sects or religions.
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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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In 2011, churches in Latvia provided the following estimates of church membership to the Justice Ministry:
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found different results, with 76.7% of the Latvians regarding themselves as Christians, divided in 26.2%
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and 0.5% belonged to smaller Christian denominations. A further 36.7% declared to have
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is the third largest Christian church in Latvia, with adherents primarily among the
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is then-semi-autonomous and has 400,000 members. Orthodoxy predominates among the
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Encyclopedia of Global Religion by Mark Juergensmeyer, Wade Clark Roof; page 111.
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Klīve V (1993). "The Latvian Struggle for Survival: A Religious Perspective".
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population and individual cases of adhering to other Protestant confessions.
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International Social Survey Programme: Work Orientations IV - ISSP 2015
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fought for influence in the region in what later became known as the
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was 4,000, although some estimates are double this; there are 1,000
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In 2023, the country was scored 4 out of 4 for religious freedom.
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State Responses to Minority Religions by Dr David M Kirkham, p.
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is a small Reformed denomination with two congregations in
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International Church of God Latvian Pentecostal Union
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The native Latvian ethnic religion is 947: 936: 348: 139:due to strong historical links with the 93: 2007: 1316: 1730:Humanities and Social Sciences. Latvia 2143:Occupation by the Soviet Union (1940) 1969:Latvian Pentecostal Union of Churches 1869:Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia 1673:"US State Dept 2022 report on Latvia" 1575: 1573: 1571: 1569: 1567: 1565: 1563: 1561: 1559: 1400:"US State Dept 2022 report on Latvia" 1349:Eunice K. Y. Or (23 September 2004). 972:Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia 155:is most prevalent in eastern Latvia ( 7: 2123:The First Latvian National Awakening 1552:. Valsts statistiskā pārvalde. 1936. 1476: 1474: 1472: 1470: 1322: 1320: 184:Basilica of the Assumption of Aglona 1910:Union of Baptist Churches in Latvia 32:Religion in Latvia (2019 estimate) 1811:Latvian Orthodox Autonomous Church 1647:(in Latvian). Accessed 2009-07-23. 1436:"DISCRIMINATION IN THE EU IN 2015" 25: 18:History of Christianity in Latvia 2198: 1581:"Religion in Latvia (2000-2011)" 875: 2163:Soviet deportations from Latvia 1493:from the original on 2019-06-20 711:Belief in God without religion 994:As of 2022, the population of 983:Lutherans than Catholics. The 242:Polishā€“Lithuanian Commonwealth 1: 1657:Ščerbinskis, Valters (1999). 1481:KaktiņŔ, Arnis (2018-09-24). 658:Other faiths / denominations 109:was originally built in 1211. 1995:Latvijas Evaņģēliskā Alianse 1946:Seventh-day Adventist Church 1525:(in Latvian). Archived from 942:Nativity of Christ Cathedral 923: Unaffiliated believers 1271: 1261: 1251: 1241: 1231: 1221: 1211: 1201: 1191: 1181: 1171: 1161: 1151: 1141: 1131: 1121: 1111: 1101: 1091: 1081: 1071: 1061: 965:Lokstene Shrine of Dievturi 287:In a survey from 2015, the 117:traditionally practiced in 3031: 2153:by the Soviet Union (1944) 1624:"Visvairāk - pareizticÄ«go" 354:Religious affiliation (%) 269:not to follow any religion 2568: 2438: 2372: 2262: 2216: 2196: 2003: 1300:Catholic Church in Latvia 1011:Reformed Church in Latvia 976:Catholic Church in Latvia 974:has 708,773 members. The 955:in Latvia, September 2018 169:Russian-speaking minority 2267:Administrative divisions 1661:. 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History of Christianity in Latvia
Lutheranism
Catholicism
Eastern Orthodoxy
Christians
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Riga Cathedral
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Latvia
Christianity
Lutheranism
Christian denomination
Latvians
Nordic countries
Northern Germany
Hanseatic League
Catholicism
Latgale
Polish
Latvian Orthodox Church
Russian-speaking minority

Basilica of the Assumption of Aglona
Christianized
Finnic paganism
Baltic mythology
Denmark
Sweden
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