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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Left-Facing_Armenian_Eternity_Sign_UC_058E_SVG.svg/330px-Left-Facing_Armenian_Eternity_Sign_UC_058E_SVG.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Left-Facing_Armenian_Eternity_Sign_UC_058E_SVG.svg/440px-Left-Facing_Armenian_Eternity_Sign_UC_058E_SVG.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="532" data-file-height="532" /></a><figcaption>The <i><a href="/wiki/Arevakhach" class="mw-redirect" title="Arevakhach">arevakhach</a></i> is a symbol used by the Arordiners.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hetan_priest_officiating_at_Garni_Temple,_Armenia_34.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Hetan_priest_officiating_at_Garni_Temple%2C_Armenia_34.jpg/220px-Hetan_priest_officiating_at_Garni_Temple%2C_Armenia_34.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Hetan_priest_officiating_at_Garni_Temple%2C_Armenia_34.jpg/330px-Hetan_priest_officiating_at_Garni_Temple%2C_Armenia_34.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Hetan_priest_officiating_at_Garni_Temple%2C_Armenia_34.jpg/440px-Hetan_priest_officiating_at_Garni_Temple%2C_Armenia_34.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Arordiner priests officiating a ceremony at the <a href="/wiki/Temple_of_Garni" class="mw-redirect" title="Temple of Garni">Temple of Garni</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Armenian Native Faith</b>, also termed <b>Armenian Neopaganism</b> or <b>Hetanism</b> (<a href="/wiki/Armenian_language" title="Armenian language">Armenian</a>: Հեթանոսութիւն <i>Hetanosutiwn</i>; a <a href="/wiki/Cognate" title="Cognate">cognate</a> word of "<a href="/wiki/Paganism#Heathen" title="Paganism">Heathenism</a>"), is a <a href="/wiki/Modern_Paganism" class="mw-redirect" title="Modern Paganism">modern Pagan</a> <a href="/wiki/New_religious_movement" title="New religious movement">new religious movement</a> that harkens back to the <a href="/wiki/Armenian_mythology" title="Armenian mythology">historical, pre-Christian belief systems</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_religion" title="Ethnic religion">ethnic religions</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Armenians" title="Armenians">Armenians</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010104–105_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010104–105-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The followers of the movement call themselves "Hetans" (<a href="/wiki/Armenian_language" title="Armenian language">Armenian</a>: հեթանոս <i>Hetanos</i>, which means "Heathen", thus "ethnic", both of them being loanwords from the <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a> <i>ἔθνος</i>, <i>ethnos</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010105,_note_4_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010105,_note_4-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or <i>Arordi</i>, meaning the "Children of Ari",<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010105,_note_4_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010105,_note_4-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> also rendered as "Arordiners" in some scholarly publications.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013passim_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013passim-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Arordiner movement has antecedents in the early 20th century, with the doctrine of <i><a href="/wiki/Tseghakron" class="mw-redirect" title="Tseghakron">Tseghakron</a></i> (Ցեղակրոն, literally "national religion") of the nationalist political theorist <sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Garegin_Nzhdeh" title="Garegin Nzhdeh">Garegin Nzhdeh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010105_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010105-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It took an institutional form in 1991, just after the collapse of the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> in a climate of national reawakening, when the <a href="/wiki/Armenology" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenology">Armenologist</a> Slak Kakosyan founded the "Order of the Children of Ari" (<i>Arordineri Ukht</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010105_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010105-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Neopaganism expert <a href="/wiki/Victor_Schnirelmann" title="Victor Schnirelmann">Victor Schnirelmann</a> estimated the following of Armenian neopaganism to be "no more than a few hundred people".<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hetanism&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Garegin_Nzhdeh_5.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Garegin_Nzhdeh_5.jpg/220px-Garegin_Nzhdeh_5.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="262" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/Garegin_Nzhdeh_5.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="306" data-file-height="365" /></a><figcaption>Garegin Nzhdeh</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nzhdeh's_and_Kakosyan's_experiences"><span id="Nzhdeh.27s_and_Kakosyan.27s_experiences"></span>Nzhdeh's and Kakosyan's experiences</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hetanism&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Nzhdeh's and Kakosyan's experiences"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first organisation of Armenian Native Faith, the "Order of the Children of Ari" (or "Ara"; <i>Arordineri Ukht</i> in <a href="/wiki/Armenian_language" title="Armenian language">Armenian</a>) was established in 1991 by the armenologist Slak (Eduard, or Edik) Kakosyan (1936–2005).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010105SiekierskiAntonyan2013266_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010105SiekierskiAntonyan2013266-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He belonged to a generation of Armenian dissidents and was exiled in the 1970s from <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic">Soviet Armenia</a>; in 1979 he fled to the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> where he became familiar with the ideas of <a href="/wiki/Garegin_Nzhdeh" title="Garegin Nzhdeh">Garegin Nzhdeh</a> (1886–1955).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010105SiekierskiAntonyan2013266_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010105SiekierskiAntonyan2013266-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nzhdeh was a philosopher, statesman and <i><a href="/wiki/Armenian_fedayi" title="Armenian fedayi">fedayi</a></i> of the first half of the twentieth century, who left an enduring legacy in the history of <a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a>, and is still one of the driving forces of <a href="/wiki/Armenian_nationalism" title="Armenian nationalism">Armenian nationalism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010105_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010105-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kakosyan praised him as the "prophet of the Armenians".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013266_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013266-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nzhdeh founded a movement named <i><a href="/wiki/Tseghakron" class="mw-redirect" title="Tseghakron">Tseghakron</a></i> ("religion of the nation"), which was among the core doctrines of the <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Youth_Federation" title="Armenian Youth Federation">Armenian Youth Federation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010105_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010105-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Nzhdeh's poetic mythology, the Armenian nation is identified as <a href="/wiki/Atlas_(mythology)" title="Atlas (mythology)">Atlas</a> upholding the ordered world,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010105_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010105-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and it makes reference to <a href="/wiki/Hayk" title="Hayk">Hayk</a>, the mythical patriarch of the <a href="/wiki/Armenians" title="Armenians">Armenians</a>, and to <a href="/wiki/Vahagn" title="Vahagn">Vahagn</a>, the solar and warrior god "<a href="/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_religion#Dragon_or_serpent" class="mw-redirect" title="Proto-Indo-European religion">fighter of the serpent</a>", as means through which to awaken the Armenian nation and raise its spirit. Nzhdeh's movement took place in the aftermath of the <a href="/wiki/Armenian_genocide" title="Armenian genocide">Armenian genocide</a> of 1915.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010105_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010105-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During his exile, Slak Kakosyan made extensive use of Nzhdeh's works to codify the <i>Ukhtagirk</i> ("Book of Vows"), the sacred text of the Armenian Native Faith movement.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010106_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010106-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the book, Garegin Nzhdeh is <a href="/wiki/Apotheosis" title="Apotheosis">deified</a> as an incarnation of Vahagn, the re-establisher of the true faith of the Armenians and of the <a href="/wiki/Aryan" title="Aryan">Aryan</a> values.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010106_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010106-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While still in the United States, Kakosyan claimed that he had been initiated to the ancient Armenian hereditary priesthood mentioned by <a href="/wiki/Moses_of_Chorene" class="mw-redirect" title="Moses of Chorene">Moses of Chorene</a>, changing his forename from "Edik" to "Slak".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010106_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010106-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He likely became acquainted with <a href="/wiki/Zoroastrianism" title="Zoroastrianism">Zoroastrian</a> communities in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010106_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010106-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1990s:_Establishment_of_the_Children_of_Ari">1990s: Establishment of the Children of Ari</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hetanism&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1990s: Establishment of the Children of Ari"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Returning to Armenia in 1991, Slak Kakosyan gathered a community and founded the Children of Ari. They began to hold rituals on traditional Armenian holydays. The <a href="/wiki/Temple_of_Garni" class="mw-redirect" title="Temple of Garni">Temple of Garni</a> became the centre of the community, a council of priests was set up in order to manage the organisation and the rites.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010106,_note_7_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010106,_note_7-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the 1990s, the group reached visibility in wider Armenian society.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010107_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010107-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the scholar Yulia Antonyan, the emergence of the Armenian Native Faith is attributable to the same causes which led to the rise of other modern Pagan movements, but also <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hindu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Protestantism" title="Protestantism">Protestant</a> movements, in the other post-Soviet countries: The Armenian Native Faith represents the indigenous answer to the social and cultural upheavals which followed the collapse of Soviet society and of its atheist and materialist ideology.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010104_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010104-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Republican_Party_support_and_grassroots_spread">Republican Party support and grassroots spread</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hetanism&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Republican Party support and grassroots spread"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hetan_priest_officiating_at_Garni_Temple,_Armenia_13.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Hetan_priest_officiating_at_Garni_Temple%2C_Armenia_13.jpg/220px-Hetan_priest_officiating_at_Garni_Temple%2C_Armenia_13.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Hetan_priest_officiating_at_Garni_Temple%2C_Armenia_13.jpg/330px-Hetan_priest_officiating_at_Garni_Temple%2C_Armenia_13.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Hetan_priest_officiating_at_Garni_Temple%2C_Armenia_13.jpg/440px-Hetan_priest_officiating_at_Garni_Temple%2C_Armenia_13.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption>An Arordiner priest.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Ashot_Navasardyan" title="Ashot Navasardyan">Ashot Navasardyan</a> (1950–1997) and <a href="/wiki/Andranik_Margaryan" title="Andranik Margaryan">Andranik Margaryan</a> (1949–2007), founding fathers of the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Armenia" title="Republican Party of Armenia">Republican Party of Armenia</a>, were Arordiners like many other members of the party and took part in the very first ritual at the Temple of Garni.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013270_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013270-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Republican Party provided financial support for the Children of Ari until recent times,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010107_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010107-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> sponsored the publication of <i>Ukhtagirk</i><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013270_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013270-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the set up of a memorial stele to Slak Kakosyan on the grounds of the Temple of Garni.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010107,_note_8_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010107,_note_8-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Arordiner festivals are celebrated in some regions with the support of local municipalities.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010107,_note_8_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010107,_note_8-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite this strong link with the nationalist political scene, the Children of Ari does not declare a political orientation, and the priests are forbidden from joining any political party.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010107_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010107-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although it started among the Armenian intellectual elites as a means to reawaken Armenian identity, in most recent times the Armenian Native Faith movement has expanded its contingent of adherents among the provincial and rural populations,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010107_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010107-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and among the <a href="/wiki/Armenian_diaspora" title="Armenian diaspora">Armenian diaspora</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010108_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010108-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Besides the philosophical approach of the intellectuals, the common people are driven to the Armenian Native Faith by various reasons, ranging from <a href="/wiki/Mysticism" title="Mysticism">mysticism</a> to a sentimental devotion to the gods. Antonyan documented the case of a thirty-five years-old woman who believed to be <a href="/wiki/Infertility" title="Infertility">infertile</a>, and who joined the Armenian Native Faith movement after she allegedly became pregnant by praying to Anahit, goddess of fertility, and to Astghik, goddess of love and beauty.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010108_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010108-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The woman gave her daughter the name "Nana", another name of the goddess of fertility.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010109_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010109-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Local Arordiner communities have been organised in villages outside the capital <a href="/wiki/Yerevan" title="Yerevan">Yerevan</a>. The structure of the Order of the Children of Ari, and of the local communities themselves, is characterised by a clear hierarchy, with the council of priests, led by an elected chief, handling the organisation of all activities. The highest position within the hierarchy is that of the supreme priest, which has remained vacant since Slak Kakosyan's death in 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013267–268_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013267–268-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2009:_Avetisyan_and_the_Armenian_Aryan_Order">2009: Avetisyan and the Armenian Aryan Order</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hetanism&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2009: Avetisyan and the Armenian Aryan Order"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Another party that was closely associated to the Arordiners is the Union of Armenian Aryans, led by Armen Avetisyan, headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Abovyan" title="Abovyan">Abovyan</a>, a city which is the second most important center of the Armenian Native Faith movement after Yerevan.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010107,_note_12_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010107,_note_12-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The relations with the party, known for its extreme views, were cut in 2009 when Avetisyan proclaimed himself a spiritual leader and announced the initiative to build a central temple in Yerevan; as the Children of Ari expressed their opposition to the project, Avetisyan founded a separate religious group, the Armenian Aryan Order.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013270_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013270-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Beliefs">Beliefs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hetanism&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Beliefs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Theology_and_cosmology">Theology and cosmology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hetanism&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Theology and cosmology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Ar_and_Ara">Ar and Ara</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hetanism&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Ar and Ara"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Beliefs among the individual Arordiners vary,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013273_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013273-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though there is a common theological underpinning provided by <i>Ukhtagirk</i>. This theology is a <a href="/wiki/Monism" title="Monism">monism</a>: The beginning of the first section of the book recites that "in the beginning was the Ar, and Ara was the creator".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010110_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010110-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Ar is the impersonal, without qualities, <a href="/wiki/Transcendence_(religion)" title="Transcendence (religion)">transcendent</a> principle begetting the universe, while Ara is his personal, present form as "the Creator".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010110SiekierskiAntonyan2013266_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010110SiekierskiAntonyan2013266-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The book continues telling the myth of how Ara generates the gods<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010116_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010116-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and how the goddess <a href="/wiki/Anahit" title="Anahit">Anahit</a> gives birth to Ari (<a href="/wiki/Aryan" title="Aryan">Aryan</a>), the form of mankind.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010110_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010110-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Arordiner theology, <i>Ar</i> is the life-giving word root,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010115_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010115-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and it is the origin of words like, for instance, <i>art</i> ("arable", "cultivation"; culture, art), <i>aryyun</i> ("blood"), <i>argand</i> ("womb"), <i>armat</i> ("root"), <i>arka</i> ("king"), <i>ara</i> ("male"), <i>Arev</i> (the Sun), <i>Ara</i> (manifested Ar), <i>Ari</i> (acting with Ar), <i>Chari</i> (opposing Ar).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010115SiekierskiAntonyan2013271_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010115SiekierskiAntonyan2013271-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The "essence of things" and their "perfection" is represented by <i><a href="/wiki/Swastika" title="Swastika">swastika</a></i> motifs.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013269_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013269-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Ari_and_Chari,_and_the_many_deities"><span id="Ari_and_Chari.2C_and_the_many_deities"></span>Ari and Chari, and the many deities</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hetanism&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Ari and Chari, and the many deities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The different deities are conceived by the supreme Ara. Some Arordiners do not consider them to be separate beings, but as "incarnations of different aspects of Ara". They are organised in a cosmic duality, representing the "light side" and the "dark side" of the universal power, with the latter led by Vishap, the great snake, who is identified as being the same as <a href="/wiki/Yahweh" title="Yahweh">Yahweh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013273_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013273-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The history of mankind itself is seen as a constant struggle between these two forces: One represented by Ari (Aryans), the right men of the creative light side; the other one represented by Chari, destructive dark-sided creatures made from soil by Vishap.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013273_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013273-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Armenian Native Faith is <a href="/wiki/Polytheism" title="Polytheism">polytheistic</a> in practice.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010116_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010116-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The gods of the Arordiners include:<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013271_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013271-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Aramazd" title="Aramazd">Aramazd</a>, the chief of the gods, <a href="/wiki/Hayk" title="Hayk">Hayk</a>, the mythical founder of the Armenian nation, <a href="/wiki/Aray" class="mw-redirect" title="Aray">Aray</a> the god of war, <a href="/wiki/Barsamin" title="Barsamin">Barsamin</a> the god of sky and weather, Aralez the god of the dead, <a href="/wiki/Anahit" title="Anahit">Anahit</a> the goddess of fertility and war, <a href="/wiki/Mithra" title="Mithra">Mihr</a> the <a href="/wiki/Solar_god" class="mw-redirect" title="Solar god">solar god</a>, <a href="/wiki/Astghik" class="mw-redirect" title="Astghik">Astghik</a> the goddess of love and beauty, Nuneh the goddess of wisdom, <a href="/wiki/Tir_(god)" title="Tir (god)">Tir</a> the god of art and inspiration, <a href="/wiki/Tsovinar_(goddess)" title="Tsovinar (goddess)">Tsovinar</a> the goddess of waters, Amanor the god of hospitality, <a href="/wiki/Spandaramet" title="Spandaramet">Spandaramet</a> the goddess of death, and Gissaneh the <a href="/wiki/Mother_goddess" title="Mother goddess">mother goddess</a> of nature. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Afterlife_and_eschatology">Afterlife and eschatology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hetanism&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Afterlife and eschatology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Arordiners have a cyclical view of reality, and they believe in the <a href="/wiki/Reincarnation" title="Reincarnation">reincarnation</a> of individual souls through the genetic lineage. That is to say, men are believed to come back to life in the following generations of their own descendants, in the kin which they begot while living.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013273_20-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013273-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Arordiner doctrines, the entire world goes through similar cycles, from the smaller ones represented by the days and the years, to the greatest ones represented by eras of ten thousand years.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013273–274_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013273–274-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The struggle between light and dark forces unfolds through the cycle of each era: Order and connection with the ancestors prevail during the world's summer and spring; while disorder, confusion and forsaking of the ancestral roots prevail during the world's autumn and winter. In the latter period, beings are not in harmony with Ara, they are not nourished by cosmic energy, and they fall prey of the evil Chari forces. At the darkest stage of history, though, which according to Arordiners corresponds to the current times, Vahagn manifests again and brings the Ari forces back to life.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013273–274_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013273–274-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Ukhtagirk">The <i>Ukhtagirk</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hetanism&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: The Ukhtagirk"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Ukhtagirk</i>, the holy book of the Armenian Native Faith, may be translated as "Book of Vows". It was the life work of Slak Kakosyan, who finished the manuscript just before his death in 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013271_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013271-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kakosyan, however, is not credited as the "author" of the <i>Ukhtagirk</i>, but rather as the "recorder" of an eternal truth understood by inspiration,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010115_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010115-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> its "compiler" (<i>kazmogh</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013271_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013271-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The book was officially proclaimed the holy text of the Order of the Children of Ari in 2000, a couple of years before its completion, when the religious organisation was officially registered by the Armenian state.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013271_27-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013271-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The book is divided into seven parts: <i>Astvatsashoonch</i> ("Dictionary"), which explains the Armenian language as a mystical system of symbols related to the root <i>Ar</i>; <i>Tsagumnaran</i> ("Genesis"), which explains in mythical terms the origin of the world, the gods and mankind; <i>Avetaran</i> ("Book of Testaments") and <i>Dzonaran</i> ("Book of Odes"), which deal with philosophical and ontological categories to explain reality and values; <i>Veharan</i> ("Book of Greatness") and <i>Patgamaran</i> ("Book of Commandments"), which present mythologised descriptions of Nzhdeh's life and ideas, respectively; and <i>Hymnergaran</i> ("Book of Hymns"), which is a collection of poems written by Kakosyan and his followers, as well as by authors of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. The mythological parts about creation rely upon Armenian medieval sources and folk knowledge.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013271–272_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013271–272-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Chanting ritual texts from the book is considered to procure mystical experiences, and the physical book itself is crucial for some ritual activities, such as wedding ceremonies, in which the rings are passed to the bride and groom on top of a copy of the <i>Ukhtagirk</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013273_20-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013273-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the same time, Arordiners do not consider their book unquestionable, but the text is open to corrections as required by changing circumstances, according to Kakosyan, who conceived the book in the terms of a changeful and adaptable truth.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013273_20-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013273-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Practices">Practices</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hetanism&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Practices"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hetan_priest_officiating_at_Garni_Temple,_Armenia_30.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Hetan_priest_officiating_at_Garni_Temple%2C_Armenia_30.jpg/300px-Hetan_priest_officiating_at_Garni_Temple%2C_Armenia_30.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Hetan_priest_officiating_at_Garni_Temple%2C_Armenia_30.jpg/450px-Hetan_priest_officiating_at_Garni_Temple%2C_Armenia_30.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Hetan_priest_officiating_at_Garni_Temple%2C_Armenia_30.jpg/600px-Hetan_priest_officiating_at_Garni_Temple%2C_Armenia_30.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5804" data-file-height="2416" /></a><figcaption>People gathered on the occasion of a public ceremony at the <a href="/wiki/Temple_of_Garni" class="mw-redirect" title="Temple of Garni">Temple of Garni</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Armenian Native Faith practices, rituals and representations mostly rely on the instructions given by the <i>Ukhtagirk</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010110_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010110-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For instance, it is common for the priests to make pilgrimage to <a href="/wiki/Khustup" title="Khustup">Mount Khustup</a>, where, according to the book, Garegin Nzhdeh experienced the presence of the god Vahagn.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010109_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010109-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The priests' aim is to replicate such experience.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010109_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010109-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The veneration of Nzhdeh and the pilgrimage to his burial site, which is located on the slopes of the Khustup, is also slowly developing within the larger community of Arordiners.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010110,_note_14_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010110,_note_14-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In general, mountains are revered as holy, so, besides Khustup, other mountains, including <a href="/wiki/Mount_Ararat" title="Mount Ararat">Mount Ararat</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mount_Aragats" title="Mount Aragats">Mount Aragats</a>, function as pilgrimage destination for Arordiners.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013275,_278_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013275,_278-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The memory of Slak Kakosyan is also part of the cults celebrated by the Arordiner priests. The celebrations in honour of Vahagn at the <a href="/wiki/Temple_of_Garni" class="mw-redirect" title="Temple of Garni">Temple of Garni</a> usually start at the memorial monument of Kakosyan, set up after his death on the site where his ashes were dispersed.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010110_21-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010110-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The figure of Kakosyan has been mythologised in a collection of poems composed by Aren Haykyan and published in 2007. In these poems he is described as a divine man.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010110_21-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010110-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Haykyan is also the author of poems devoted to Nzhdeh and to the gods.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013278_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013278-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rituals">Rituals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hetanism&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Rituals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hetan_initiation_ritual_(0).PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Hetan_initiation_ritual_%280%29.PNG/220px-Hetan_initiation_ritual_%280%29.PNG" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Hetan_initiation_ritual_%280%29.PNG/330px-Hetan_initiation_ritual_%280%29.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Hetan_initiation_ritual_%280%29.PNG/440px-Hetan_initiation_ritual_%280%29.PNG 2x" data-file-width="446" data-file-height="296" /></a><figcaption>Stage of a <i>knunk</i> ritual.</figcaption></figure> <p>Armenian Native Faith rituals include the yearly ceremonies performed on Armenian traditional holidays, and three <a href="/wiki/Rites_of_passage" class="mw-redirect" title="Rites of passage">rites of passage</a>: The <i>knunk</i>, a complex ritual of initiation; the <i>psak</i>, that is wedding; and death rituals.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010121_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010121-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The death rituals require the <a href="/wiki/Cremation" title="Cremation">cremation</a> of the body,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010121_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010121-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and its return to the four elements. Fire is symbolised by the cremation itself; then the ashes are divided into three parts, of which one is buried in the earth, one is scattered in the air of the <a href="/wiki/Garni_Gorge" title="Garni Gorge">Garni Gorge</a>, and the third one is poured in the water of the Garni River.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013277_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013277-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Afterwards, the deceased is memorialised by the collective lighting of a torch.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013278_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013278-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first Arordiner to be cremated was Kakosyan himself, at a time when cremation was illegal in Armenia. Later, Arordiners obtained by the state the right to cremate their dead.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013277_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013277-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Armenian term <i>knunk</i> may be translated as "conversion" or "reversion" (to the native way of life).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010108,_note_11_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010108,_note_11-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Yulia Antonyan observed that about ten to twenty people take part to each <i>knunk</i> ritual, which is held on the occasion of the public ceremonies at the Temple of Garni. At the same time, there are many Arordiners who believe that in order to worship the native gods of Armenia it is not necessary to undergo an official conversion.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010108,_note_11_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010108,_note_11-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Temples_and_idols">Temples and idols</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hetanism&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Temples and idols"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Arordiner public ceremonies and rituals are held at ancient sacred places, which are often in ruins.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010119_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010119-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The re-appropriation of churches that were built on native sacred sites is also common.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010119_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010119-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The most important of these sites is the first-century <a href="/wiki/Temple_of_Garni" class="mw-redirect" title="Temple of Garni">Temple of Garni</a>, a temple which was rebuilt in 1975, which has become the main ceremonial center for the Armenian Native Faith movement.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010119_36-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010119-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Arordiners have reconsecrated the temple to Vahagn, although historically it was dedicated to Mihr. They have also been given approval for the rearrangement of the compound, in order for it to match the ideal structure of ancient Armenian sanctuaries.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010119_36-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010119-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They have added a holy spring dedicated to Slak Kakosyan and a wood of <a href="/wiki/Apricot" title="Apricot">apricot</a> trees, the holy tree of Armenian Native Faith. The temple is now organised into three sacred spaces: The first is the sacred spring, the second one is the temple proper, and the third one is the holy wood, located on a hillock.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010119SiekierskiAntonyan2013275–277_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010119SiekierskiAntonyan2013275–277-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The rituals at the Temple of Garni take place following a route which starts from the spring, passes through the temple, and endly reaches the holy wood.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010119_36-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010119-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Downhill, each newly established local Arordiner community plants a tree, symbolising the unity and well-being of the group itself. These holy trees are adorned with ribbons and handkerchiefs symbolising one's requests to the gods.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013275–277_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013275–277-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Besides the Temple of Garni, other sites considered holy by the Arordiners and used for their rituals include the <a href="/wiki/Metsamor_Castle" class="mw-redirect" title="Metsamor Castle">Metsamor Castle</a> (third millennium BCE), considered a site for the cult of the mother goddess, the <a href="/wiki/Erebuni_Fortress" title="Erebuni Fortress">Erebuni Fortress</a> (eighth century BCE), <a href="/wiki/Shengavit_Settlement" class="mw-redirect" title="Shengavit Settlement">Shengavit</a> (fourth to second millennium BCE) and <a href="/wiki/Zorats_Karer" class="mw-redirect" title="Zorats Karer">Zorats Karer</a> (third millennium BCE), and the mountains.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013275–277_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013275–277-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sculptures representing the gods which have been realised within the context of modern Armenian Native Faith are inspired by both historical specimens and the creativity of modern artists.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010119_36-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010119-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Holidays">Holidays</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hetanism&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Holidays"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Arordiners celebrate a number of holidays:<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010116_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010116-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Terendez, Zatik, Hambardzum, <a href="/wiki/Vardavar" title="Vardavar">Vardavar</a> and Khaghoghorhnek. To these holy days they add a holy day for the remembrance of ancestors (20 September), the Birth of Vahagn (21 March), the Birth of Mihr (22 December) and the Navasard, the New Year celebrated in August. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Relations_with_Christianity">Relations with Christianity</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hetanism&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Relations with Christianity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D5%8A%D5%A1%D6%80_%D4%B3%D5%A1%D5%BC%D5%B6%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B4.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/%D5%8A%D5%A1%D6%80_%D4%B3%D5%A1%D5%BC%D5%B6%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B4.jpg/220px-%D5%8A%D5%A1%D6%80_%D4%B3%D5%A1%D5%BC%D5%B6%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B4.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/%D5%8A%D5%A1%D6%80_%D4%B3%D5%A1%D5%BC%D5%B6%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B4.jpg/330px-%D5%8A%D5%A1%D6%80_%D4%B3%D5%A1%D5%BC%D5%B6%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B4.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/%D5%8A%D5%A1%D6%80_%D4%B3%D5%A1%D5%BC%D5%B6%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B4.jpg/440px-%D5%8A%D5%A1%D6%80_%D4%B3%D5%A1%D5%BC%D5%B6%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2788" data-file-height="2052" /></a><figcaption>A ritual dance at the Temple of Garni.</figcaption></figure> <p>Hetanism has many Apostolic Christian members.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013268_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013268-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Armenian Apostolic Church generally sees Arordiners as allies. A high-ranking spokesman of the <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Apostolic_Church" title="Armenian Apostolic Church">Armenian Apostolic Church</a> said:<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013268_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013268-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>The Armenian Church has an unequivocal stance on sectarians (i.e. Protestants et al.), but we do not interfere into pagan affairs.</p></blockquote> <p>The head of an Armenian institution catering to ex-cult members said:<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013268_39-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013268-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>The Armenian nation must remember its pre-Christian past, and Ara's Children help them remember. They also support the Armenian Apostolic Church in its fight against destructive sects.</p></blockquote> <p>Armenian Native Faith believers' attitude towards Christianity oscillates between two positions: The critique of the religion's role in Armenian history, and the conditional acceptance of the Armenian Apostolic Church as a national institution.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013268_39-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013268-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Christianity is criticised for having destroyed the rich and highly developed ancient Armenian culture, replacing the values of courage, martial spirit and honour with those of humility, obedience and modesty, thus causing the collapse of Armenian statehood and condemning the nation to centuries of subordination to foreign powers, migrations, persecutions and massacres.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013268_39-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013268-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the strongest accusations, Christianity is responsible for the "first genocide of the Armenians", which coincided with its forceful introduction in the fourth century.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013269_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013269-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the same time, the Armenian Apostolic Church is considered an institution peculiar to the Armenian nation, and the fruit of a synthesis of Christian and indigenous elements, in which the former represent just the surface. The Arordiners see this in the church's prayers devoted to the sun and light, in church festivals overlapping indigenous Armenian festivals, and in <i>matagh</i>, a Christian tradition of killing an animal to eat for festal reasons and give to the poor. The Arordiners also believe that the Armenian alphabet, which church historiography says was invented by the <a href="/wiki/Mesrop_Mashtots" title="Mesrop Mashtots">Mesrop Mashtots</a>, is actually an elaboration of ancient Armenian symbolism based on the motif of the <i><a href="/wiki/Swastika" title="Swastika">swastika</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013269_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013269-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Arordiners generally do not have problems visiting Armenian churches and treating them as holy places, since many were built on the sites of pre-Christian temples. Some figures of the history of the Armenian Apostolic Church are revered as Arordiners in disguise: The <i><a href="/wiki/Catholicos" title="Catholicos">catholicoi</a></i> (highest-ranking bishops) Vazgen I (1954–1994) and Garegin I (1995–1999). Vasgen supported Nzhdeh and on his tombstone, instead of a cross, he has a letter of the Armenian alphabet which is considered a variant of the <i>swastika</i> and symbolic of seven Armenian gods. Garegin is said to have visited Garni while terminally ill, to have walked alone to the temple.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013269_26-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013269-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hetanism&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Armenia" title="Religion in Armenia">Religion in Armenia</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hetanism&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hetanism&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010105,_note_4_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAntonyan2010">Antonyan 2010</a>, p. 105, note 4.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013passim-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013passim_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSiekierskiAntonyan2013">Siekierski & Antonyan 2013</a>, passim.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 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Page 208</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010105SiekierskiAntonyan2013266-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010105SiekierskiAntonyan2013266_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010105SiekierskiAntonyan2013266_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAntonyan2010">Antonyan 2010</a>, p. 105; <a href="#CITEREFSiekierskiAntonyan2013">Siekierski & Antonyan 2013</a>, p. 266.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013266-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013266_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSiekierskiAntonyan2013">Siekierski & Antonyan 2013</a>, p. 266.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010106-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010106_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010106_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010106_10-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010106_10-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAntonyan2010">Antonyan 2010</a>, p. 106.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010106,_note_7-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010106,_note_7_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAntonyan2010">Antonyan 2010</a>, p. 106, note 7.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010107-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010107_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010107_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010107_12-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010107_12-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAntonyan2010">Antonyan 2010</a>, p. 107.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010104-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010104_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAntonyan2010">Antonyan 2010</a>, p. 104.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013270-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013270_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013270_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013270_14-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSiekierskiAntonyan2013">Siekierski & Antonyan 2013</a>, p. 270.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010107,_note_8-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010107,_note_8_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010107,_note_8_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAntonyan2010">Antonyan 2010</a>, p. 107, note 8.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010108-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010108_16-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010108_16-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAntonyan2010">Antonyan 2010</a>, p. 108.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010109-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010109_17-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010109_17-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010109_17-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAntonyan2010">Antonyan 2010</a>, p. 109.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013267–268-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013267–268_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSiekierskiAntonyan2013">Siekierski & Antonyan 2013</a>, pp. 267–268.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010107,_note_12-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010107,_note_12_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAntonyan2010">Antonyan 2010</a>, p. 107, note 12.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013273-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013273_20-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013273_20-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013273_20-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013273_20-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013273_20-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013273_20-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSiekierskiAntonyan2013">Siekierski & Antonyan 2013</a>, p. 273.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010110-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010110_21-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010110_21-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010110_21-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010110_21-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010110_21-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAntonyan2010">Antonyan 2010</a>, p. 110.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010110SiekierskiAntonyan2013266-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010110SiekierskiAntonyan2013266_22-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAntonyan2010">Antonyan 2010</a>, p. 110; <a href="#CITEREFSiekierskiAntonyan2013">Siekierski & Antonyan 2013</a>, p. 266.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010116-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010116_23-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010116_23-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010116_23-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAntonyan2010">Antonyan 2010</a>, p. 116.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010115-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010115_24-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010115_24-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAntonyan2010">Antonyan 2010</a>, p. 115.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010115SiekierskiAntonyan2013271-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010115SiekierskiAntonyan2013271_25-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAntonyan2010">Antonyan 2010</a>, p. 115; <a href="#CITEREFSiekierskiAntonyan2013">Siekierski & Antonyan 2013</a>, p. 271.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013269-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013269_26-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013269_26-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013269_26-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013269_26-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSiekierskiAntonyan2013">Siekierski & Antonyan 2013</a>, p. 269.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013271-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013271_27-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013271_27-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013271_27-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013271_27-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSiekierskiAntonyan2013">Siekierski & Antonyan 2013</a>, p. 271.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013273–274-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013273–274_28-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013273–274_28-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSiekierskiAntonyan2013">Siekierski & Antonyan 2013</a>, pp. 273–274.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013271–272-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013271–272_29-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSiekierskiAntonyan2013">Siekierski & Antonyan 2013</a>, p. 271–272.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010110,_note_14-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010110,_note_14_30-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAntonyan2010">Antonyan 2010</a>, p. 110, note 14.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013275,_278-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013275,_278_31-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSiekierskiAntonyan2013">Siekierski & Antonyan 2013</a>, pp. 275, 278.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013278-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013278_32-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013278_32-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSiekierskiAntonyan2013">Siekierski & Antonyan 2013</a>, p. 278.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010121-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010121_33-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010121_33-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAntonyan2010">Antonyan 2010</a>, p. 121.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013277-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013277_34-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013277_34-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSiekierskiAntonyan2013">Siekierski & Antonyan 2013</a>, p. 277.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010108,_note_11-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010108,_note_11_35-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010108,_note_11_35-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAntonyan2010">Antonyan 2010</a>, p. 108, note 11.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010119-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010119_36-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010119_36-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010119_36-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010119_36-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010119_36-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010119_36-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAntonyan2010">Antonyan 2010</a>, p. 119.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010119SiekierskiAntonyan2013275–277-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAntonyan2010119SiekierskiAntonyan2013275–277_37-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAntonyan2010">Antonyan 2010</a>, p. 119; <a href="#CITEREFSiekierskiAntonyan2013">Siekierski & Antonyan 2013</a>, pp. 275–277.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013275–277-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013275–277_38-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013275–277_38-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSiekierskiAntonyan2013">Siekierski & Antonyan 2013</a>, pp. 275–277.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013268-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013268_39-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013268_39-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013268_39-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013268_39-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiekierskiAntonyan2013268_39-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSiekierskiAntonyan2013">Siekierski & Antonyan 2013</a>, p. 268.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sources">Sources</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hetanism&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSiekierskiAntonyan2013" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Siekierski, Konrad; Antonyan, Yulia (2013). "A Neopagan Movement in Armenia: the Children of Ara". In Kaarina Aitamurto; Scott Simpson (eds.). <i>Modern Pagan and Native Faith Movements in Central and Eastern Europe</i>. Durham: Acumen. pp. 266–282. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781844656622" title="Special:BookSources/9781844656622"><bdi>9781844656622</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=A+Neopagan+Movement+in+Armenia%3A+the+Children+of+Ara&rft.btitle=Modern+Pagan+and+Native+Faith+Movements+in+Central+and+Eastern+Europe&rft.place=Durham&rft.pages=266-282&rft.pub=Acumen&rft.date=2013&rft.isbn=9781844656622&rft.aulast=Siekierski&rft.aufirst=Konrad&rft.au=Antonyan%2C+Yulia&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHetanism" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAntonyan2010" class="citation journal cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Antonyan, Yulia (2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.academia.edu/191429">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>'Re-creation' of a Religion: Neo-paganism in Armenia"</a>. <i>Laboratorium</i> (in Russian) (1). Saint-Petersburg: 103–128.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Laboratorium&rft.atitle=%27Re-creation%27+of+a+Religion%3A+Neo-paganism+in+Armenia&rft.issue=1&rft.pages=103-128&rft.date=2010&rft.aulast=Antonyan&rft.aufirst=Yulia&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.academia.edu%2F191429&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHetanism" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAntonyan2008" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"> <span style="letter-spacing:-.25em;">———</span>  (2008). "The Aryan Myth and the New Armenian Paganism". <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180416201021/http://old.brusov.am/docs/cank-Identity_Articles_final.pdf"><i>Identities and Changing World, Proceedings of International Conference</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> (in Armenian). Yerevan: Lingva. pp. 23–30. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789993079934" title="Special:BookSources/9789993079934"><bdi>9789993079934</bdi></a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://old.brusov.am/docs/cank-Identity_Articles_final.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 16 April 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 April</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=The+Aryan+Myth+and+the+New+Armenian+Paganism&rft.btitle=Identities+and+Changing+World%2C+Proceedings+of+International+Conference&rft.place=Yerevan&rft.pages=23-30&rft.pub=Lingva&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=9789993079934&rft.aulast=Antonyan&rft.aufirst=Yulia&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fold.brusov.am%2Fdocs%2Fcank-Identity_Articles_final.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHetanism" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <dl><dt>Armenian neoshamanism</dt></dl> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAntonyan2008" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Antonyan, Yulia (2008). "Magical and Healing Practices in Contemporary Urban Environment (in Armenian Cities of Yerevan, Gyumri, and Vanadzor". <i>Figuring the South Caucasus: Societies and Environment</i>. Tbilisi: Heinrich Böll Foundation. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789941900914" title="Special:BookSources/9789941900914"><bdi>9789941900914</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Magical+and+Healing+Practices+in+Contemporary+Urban+Environment+%28in+Armenian+Cities+of+Yerevan%2C+Gyumri%2C+and+Vanadzor&rft.btitle=Figuring+the+South+Caucasus%3A+Societies+and+Environment&rft.place=Tbilisi&rft.pub=Heinrich+B%C3%B6ll+Foundation&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=9789941900914&rft.aulast=Antonyan&rft.aufirst=Yulia&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHetanism" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAntonyan2006" class="citation journal cs1"> <span style="letter-spacing:-.25em;">———</span>  (2006). "On the Name and Origins of 'Chopchi' Healing Practices". <i>Bulletin of Armenian Studies</i> (1): 61–66.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Bulletin+of+Armenian+Studies&rft.atitle=On+the+Name+and+Origins+of+%27Chopchi%27+Healing+Practices&rft.issue=1&rft.pages=61-66&rft.date=2006&rft.aulast=Antonyan&rft.aufirst=Yulia&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHetanism" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAntonyan2003" class="citation journal cs1"> <span style="letter-spacing:-.25em;">———</span>  (2003). "Pre-Christian Healers in a Christian Society". <i>Cultural Survival Quarterly</i>. <b>27</b> (2).</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Cultural+Survival+Quarterly&rft.atitle=Pre-Christian+Healers+in+a+Christian+Society&rft.volume=27&rft.issue=2&rft.date=2003&rft.aulast=Antonyan&rft.aufirst=Yulia&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHetanism" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hetanism&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://arordiukht.do.am/">Order of the Children of Ari</a> — official website</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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href="/wiki/Eclectic_paganism" title="Eclectic paganism">Eclectic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nature_religion" title="Nature religion">Nature religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_paganism_and_New_Age" title="Modern paganism and New Age">New Age</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Neoshamanism" title="Neoshamanism">Neoshamanism</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polytheistic_reconstructionism" title="Polytheistic reconstructionism">Reconstructionism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secular_paganism" title="Secular paganism">Secular</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_esotericism" title="Western esotericism">Western esotericism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_philosophy" title="Western philosophy">Western philosophy</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="6" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pagan_religions_symbols_-_3_rows.png" class="mw-file-description"><img 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music">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_modern_pagan_temples" title="List of modern pagan temples">Temples</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#c1c1c1;">By country or region</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Neopaganism_in_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Neopaganism in Australia">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_paganism_in_German-speaking_Europe" title="Modern paganism in German-speaking Europe">German-speaking Europe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neopaganism_in_Hungary" title="Neopaganism in Hungary">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neo-paganism_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Neo-paganism in the Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neopaganism_in_Italy" title="Neopaganism in Italy">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_paganism_in_Scandinavia" title="Modern paganism in Scandinavia">Scandinavia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neopaganism_in_South_Africa" title="Neopaganism in South Africa">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_paganism_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Modern paganism in the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_paganism_in_the_United_States" title="Modern paganism in the United States">United States</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Neopaganism_in_Minnesota" title="Neopaganism in Minnesota">Minnesota</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#c1c1c1;">Movements (<a href="/wiki/List_of_modern_pagan_movements" title="List of modern pagan movements">list</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#c1c1c1;">Ethnic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>African <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ausar_Auset_Society" title="Ausar Auset Society">Ausar Auset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godianism" title="Godianism">Godianism</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heathenry_(new_religious_movement)" title="Heathenry (new religious movement)">Heathenry</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Armenian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baltic_neopaganism" title="Baltic neopaganism">Baltic</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Dievtur%C4%ABba" title="Dievturība">Dievturi</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Romuva_(religion)" title="Romuva (religion)">Romuva</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burkhanism" title="Burkhanism">Burkhanism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Guanche_People" title="Church of the Guanche People">Canarian (Berber)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caucasian_neopaganism" title="Caucasian neopaganism">Caucasic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abkhaz_neopaganism" class="mw-redirect" title="Abkhaz neopaganism">Abkhaz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assianism" title="Assianism">Ossetian-Scythian</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_neopaganism" title="Celtic neopaganism">Celtic</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Druidry_(modern)" title="Druidry (modern)">Druidry</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Celtic_Wicca" title="Celtic Wicca">Wicca</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zalmoxianism" title="Zalmoxianism">Daco-Thracian (Romanian)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kemetism" title="Kemetism">Egyptian</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Kemetic_Orthodoxy" title="Kemetic Orthodoxy">Kemetic Orthodoxy</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heathenry_(new_religious_movement)" title="Heathenry (new religious movement)">Germanic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hellenism_(modern_religion)" title="Hellenism (modern religion)">Hellenic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reconstructionist_Roman_religion" title="Reconstructionist Roman religion">Roman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Semitic_neopaganism" title="Semitic neopaganism">Semitic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slavic_Native_Faith" title="Slavic Native Faith">Slavic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Slavic_Native_Faith_organisations" title="List of Slavic Native Faith organisations">Rodnovery (list)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Native_Ukrainian_National_Faith" title="Native Ukrainian National Faith">RUNVira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peterburgian_Vedism" title="Peterburgian Vedism">Peterburgian Vedism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ynglism" title="Ynglism">Ynglism</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tengrism" title="Tengrism">Turko-Mongolic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Tengrist_movements" title="List of Tengrist movements">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uralic_neopaganism" title="Uralic neopaganism">Uralic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Estonian_neopaganism" title="Estonian neopaganism">Estonian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erzyan_native_religion" title="Erzyan native religion">Erzyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_Finnish_paganism" title="Modern Finnish paganism">Finnish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungarian_Native_Faith" title="Hungarian Native Faith">Hungarian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mari_religion" title="Mari religion">Mari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Udmurt_Vos" title="Udmurt Vos">Udmurt</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zuism" title="Zuism">Zuism</a></li></ul> <ul><li>Interfaith: <a href="/wiki/European_Congress_of_Ethnic_Religions" title="European Congress of Ethnic Religions">European Congress of Ethnic Religions</a> · <a href="/wiki/Foundation_for_Traditional_Religions" title="Foundation for Traditional Religions">Foundation for Traditional Religions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#c1c1c1;">Syncretic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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