List of modern pagan temples

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This article is a list of modern pagan temples and other religious buildings and structures, sorted alphabetically by country and city.

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Map (WIP)

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Templo Piaga
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Thracian Temple
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Manheim
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Temple of Alexander and the Earth
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Temple of the Hellenic Gods
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Ásaheimur Hof
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Arctic Henge
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Temple of Jupiter
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Tempio della Grande Dea
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Lokstene Shrine of Dievturi
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Samogitian Sanctuary
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Temple of four gods and four goddesses
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Temple of Nehalennia
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Mazovian Chram
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Sanctuary of Veles
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The temple of Iuppiter Perunus
List of modern pagan temples (Earth)

Brazil

Denmark

Greece

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Hellenic temple in Oraiokastro, Greece

Iceland

Italy

Latvia

Lithuania

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Samogitian Sanctuary in Lithuania

Poland

Russia

Spain

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A wedding ceremony at Templo de Gaut in Spain

United Kingdom

United States

RUNVira Temple of Mother Ukraine-Oryana, Spring Glen, New York. Temple of Oriyana in Spring Glen, New York.jpg
RUNVira Temple of Mother Ukraine-Oryana, Spring Glen, New York.

Ukraine

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The temple of Iuppiter Perunus in Poltava

Planned and under construction

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Prav (Правь), Yav (Явь) and Nav (Навь) are the three dimensions or qualities of the cosmos as described in the first chapter of the Book of Light and in the Book of Veles of Slavic Native Faith (Rodnovery). Older sources mention only Nav and Yav concepts of ancient slavic cosmology, similar to Yin and Yang in Taoism, and Prav was not part of the concept. The literal meanings of the Prav, Yav, and Nav words, are, respectively, "Right", "actuality" and "probability". They are also symbolised as a unity by the god Triglav. Already Ebbo documented that the Triglav was seen as embodying the connection and mediation between Heaven, Earth and the underworld / humanity; these three dimensions were also respectively associated to the colours white, green and black as documented by Karel Jaromír Erben.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Book of Veles</span> Literary forgery

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rod (Slavic religion)</span> Slavic deity of family, ancestors and fate, perhaps as the supreme god

In the pre-Christian religion of Eastern and Southern Slavs, Rod is the god of the family, ancestors and fate, perhaps as the supreme god. Among Southern Slavs, he is also known as Sud. He is usually mentioned together with Rozhanitsy deities. One's first haircut (postriziny) was dedicated to him, in a celebration in which he and the rozhanitsy were given a meal and the cut hair. His cult lost its importance through time, and in the ninth or tenth century he was replaced by Perun, Svarog and/or Svetevid, which explains his absence in the pantheon of Vladimir the Great.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dziady</span> Slavic folk holiday

Dziady is a term in Slavic folklore for the spirits of the ancestors and a collection of pre-Christian rites, rituals and customs that were dedicated to them. The essence of these rituals was the "communion of the living with the dead", namely, the establishment of relationships with the souls of the ancestors, periodically returning to their headquarters from the times of their lives. The aim of the ritual activities was to win the favor of the deceased, who were considered to be caretakers in the sphere of fertility. The name "dziady" was used in particular dialects mainly in Poland, Belarus, Polesia, Russia, and Ukraine, but under different other names there were very similar ritual practices, common among Slavs and Balts, and also in many European and even non-European cultures.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Heathenry (new religious movement)</span> Modern Pagan religion

Heathenry, also termed Heathenism, contemporary Germanic Paganism, or Germanic Neopaganism, is a modern Pagan religion. Scholars of religious studies classify it as a new religious movement. Developed in Europe during the early 20th century, its practitioners model it on the pre-Christian religions adhered to by the Germanic peoples of the Iron Age and Early Middle Ages. In an attempt to reconstruct these past belief systems, Heathenry uses surviving historical, archaeological, and folkloric evidence as a basis, although approaches to this material vary considerably.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Slavic Native Faith</span> New religious movement based on pre-Christian Slavic beliefs

The Slavic Native Faith, commonly known as Rodnovery and sometimes as Slavic Neopaganism, is a modern Pagan religion. Classified as a new religious movement, its practitioners hearken back to the historical belief systems of the 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 Belief.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Odinist Community of Spain – Ásatrú</span> Heathen organisation in Spain

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Heathen hof</span> Germanic pagan temple

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Perun</span> Slavic supreme god of the sky and war

In Slavic mythology, Perun is the highest god of the pantheon and the god of sky, thunder, lightning, storms, rain, law, war, fertility and oak trees. His other attributes were fire, mountains, wind, iris, eagle, firmament, horses and carts, and weapons. The supreme god in the Kievan Rus' during the 9th-10th centuries, Perun was first associated with weapons made of stone and later with those of metal.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ynglism</span> Branch of Rodnovery

Ynglism, institutionally the Ancient Russian Ynglist Church of the Orthodox Old Believers–Ynglings, is a white nationalist branch of Slavic paganism formally established in 1992 by Aleksandr Yuryevich Khinevich in Omsk, Russia, and legally recognised by the Russian state in 1998, although the movement was already in existence in unorganised forms since the 1980s. The adherents of Ynglism call themselves "Orthodox", "Old Believers", "Ynglings" or "Ynglists".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Slavic Native Faith in Russia</span>

Slavic Native Faith or Slavic Neopaganism in Russia is widespread, according to some estimates from research organisations which put the number of Russian Rodnovers in the millions. The Rodnover population generally has a high education and many of its exponents are intellectuals, many of whom are politically engaged both in the right and the left wings of the political spectrum. Particular movements that have arisen within Russian Rodnovery include various doctrinal frameworks such as Anastasianism, Authentism, Bazhovism, Ivanovism, Kandybaism, Levashovism, Peterburgian Vedism, Slavic-Hill Rodnovery, Vseyasvetnaya Gramota, the Way of Great Perfection, the Way of Troyan, and Ynglism, as well as various attempts to construct specific ethnic Rodnoveries, such as Krivich Rodnovery, Meryan Rodnovery, Viatich Rodnovery. Rodnovery in Russia is also influenced by, and in turn influences, movements that have their roots in Russian cosmism and identify themselves as belonging to the same Vedic culture, such as Roerichism and Blagovery.

Slavic Native Faith (Rodnovery) has a theology that is generally monistic, consisting in the vision of a transcendental, supreme God which begets the universe and lives immanentised as the universe itself, present in decentralised and autonomous way in all its phenomena, generated by a multiplicity of deities which are independent hypostases, facets, particles or energies of the consciousness and will of the supreme God itself.

The Union of Slavic Communities of the Slavic Native Faith is one of the largest Russian organisations of Slavic Native Faith (Rodnovery) groups, established in 1997, and officially recognised by the government in 2014.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hof Ásatrúarfélagsins</span> Modern Pagan religious building

Hof Ásatrúarfélagsins is a religious building under construction in Reykjavík, Iceland. When finished it will be used by the Heathen organization Ásatrúarfélagið for religious ceremonies, concerts, exhibitions and administrative work. It is Iceland's first major hof to the Norse gods since the Viking Age. It is located on the southern slope of the hill Öskjuhlíð, close to Reykjavík University.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Festival of Veles</span>

Festival of Veles is a holiday in honor of the Slavic god Veles, celebrated by rodnovers in February.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Festival of Perun</span> Slavic holiday

Festival of Perun, Perun's Day, Perunica is a Slavic festival in honor of the god Perun celebrated by modern Slavic neopagans (rodnovers); its existence in times before the Slavs began to be Christianized remains hypothetical.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Circle of Pagan Tradition</span> One of the Rodnovery associations in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus

The "Circle of Pagan Tradition" ("CPG") is one of the Russian Slavic Native Faith associations.

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