{"id":209157,"date":"2018-10-02T16:54:01","date_gmt":"2018-10-02T13:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=209157"},"modified":"2018-10-02T16:54:01","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T13:54:01","slug":"orthodoxy-is-largest-religion-in-latvia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/orthodoxy-is-largest-religion-in-latvia\/","title":{"rendered":"Orthodoxy is largest religion in Latvia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"os\" data-enum=\"p3\" data-field=\" paragraph\">According to the latest sociological survey, Orthodoxy is the largest religion in Latvia, with every fourth resident identifying as an Orthodox Christian.<\/p>\n<p class=\"os\" data-enum=\"p4\" data-field=\" paragraph\">The survey was conducted by the SKDS research center, and the results were reported by center director Arnis Kakatins on his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArnisKaktins\/status\/1044214761557282816\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter page<\/a>, Orthochristian <a href=\"http:\/\/orthochristian.com\/116062.html\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"os\" data-enum=\"p5\" data-field=\" paragraph\">According to this year\u2019s survey, 26% of the population is Orthodox, which has remained steady at least since 2014\u201425% identified as Orthodox in 2016, and\u00a026% in 2014. The second largest religion is Catholicism with 20% of the population this year. Third is Lutheranism with 17%.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"lv\">L\u016bk, k\u0101 izskat\u0101s Latvijas iedz\u012bvot\u0101ju reli\u0123isk\u0101s un konfesion\u0101l\u0101s pieder\u012bbas p\u0113d\u0113j\u0101s 3 aptauj\u0101s, kur tas ir ticis pras\u012bts. K\u0101 redzams, tad par kato\u013ciem sevi patlaban uzskata ~ 20% iedz\u012bvot\u0101ju. Pareiztic\u012bgo ir vair\u0101k: ~ 26%, bet luter\u0101\u0146u maz\u0101k: ~ 17%. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hM5kHIxeXZ\">pic.twitter.com\/hM5kHIxeXZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arnis Kakti\u0146\u0161 (@ArnisKaktins) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArnisKaktins\/status\/1044214761557282816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 24, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"os\" data-enum=\"p6\" data-field=\" paragraph\">As Grigory Shugaev has written, many Orthodox in Latvia are actually former Catholics and Lutherans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"os\" data-enum=\"p7\" data-field=\" paragraph\">Another 14% believe in God but do not identify with any particular religion or Church, and 15% of Latvians also identified as atheists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"os\" data-enum=\"p8\" data-field=\" paragraph\">As\u00a0Sputnik notes, although Orthodoxy is the largest religion in Latvia, Orthodox Nativity is still not a national holiday, despite being considered by parliamentarians more than 20 times. They gave\u00a0<a class=\"tooltip\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/orthochristian.com\/111387.html\">first-round approval<\/a>\u00a0to the proposal in March, but the issue was then postponed.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Photo: spzh.news &#8211;\u00a0Nativity Cathedral in Riga<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the latest sociological survey, Orthodoxy is the largest religion in Latvia, with every fourth resident identifying as an Orthodox Christian. The survey was conducted by the SKDS research center, and the results were reported by center director Arnis Kakatins on his\u00a0Twitter page, Orthochristian reports. 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