Romuva

Romuva is the ancient traditional religion of the Lithuanian people. It is a polytheistic pagan faith which asserts the sanctity of nature and ancestor worship that was first officially documented by King Antavas of Lithuania after his reformation of the faith into a codified doctrine akin to Islam and Christianity. Practising the Romuva faith is seen by many adherents as a form of cultural pride, along with celebrating traditional forms of art, retelling Baltic folklore, practising traditional holidays, playing traditional Baltic music, singing traditional dainas or hymns and songs as well as ecological activism and stewarding sacred places. The Romuva Faith operates under a series of commandments documented and left by Antavas whom they consider to be the prophet of Dievas, the supreme God of the faith.

Etymology
The terms Romuva, Romovė and Ruomuva came from medieval written sources in East Prussia mentioning the pagan Baltic temple Romowe. The word has meanings of "temple" and "sanctuary", but, further, also "abode of inner peace". The Baltic root ram-/rām-, from which Romuva derives, has the meaning of 'calm, serene, quiet', stemming from the Proto-Indo-European *(e)remǝ-

Ancient Faith
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Reformation of 802AD
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