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The swastika is an ancient Baltic thunder cross symbol (pērkona krusts; also fire cross, ugunskrusts), used to decorate objects, traditional clothing and in archaeological excavations. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Latvia adopted the swastika, for its Air Force in 1918/1919 and continued its use until the Soviet occupation in 1940.
The Latvian Orthodox Church (Latvian: Latvijas Pareizticīgā Baznīca) is an Eastern Orthodox church in Latvia, part of the wider Eastern Orthodoxy community. The primate of the church carries the title of Metropolitan of Riga and all Latvia ( Latvian : Rīgas un visas Latvijas metropolīts ).
The Cathedral of Sts Simeon and Anne (Latvian: Jelgavas Sv. Simeona un Sv. Simeona un Sv. Annas pareizticīgo katedrāle , Russian : Собор Симеона и Анны ), located at 12 Akadēmijas Street in Jelgava , is a cathedral of the Latvian Orthodox Church , one of four Orthodox cathedrals in Latvia .
As of March 2018, the LOAC had not been recognized by Latvia as an Orthodox religious organization. [10] However, in October 2019, the LOAC managed to be officially registered along with the Latvian Orthodox Church, because the LOAC claimed it (the LOAC) was already registered in 1936. [14] [15] The church had around 14 parishes as of 2006. [7]
Version of the Cross of Lorraine. A two-barred cross is similar to a Latin cross but with an extra bar added. The lengths and placement of the bars (or "arms") vary, and most of the variations are interchangeably called the cross of Lorraine, the patriarchal cross, the Orthodox cross or the archiepiscopal cross.
Latvian Orthodox Autonomous Church; List of Latvian words borrowed from Old East Slavic; P. Party of the Orthodox This page was last edited on 23 April 2023, at 16:15 ...
3.1 Orthodoxy. 3.2 Society or government. 3.3 Trading. 3.4 Household. 3.5 Other. 4 References. 5 Further reading. ... This is a list of Latvian words borrowed from ...
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