Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia
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Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia
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The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia is a Lutheran Protestant church in Latvia. Latvia's Lutheran heritage dates back to the Reformation. Both the Nazi and communist regimes persecuted the church harshly before religious freedom returned to Latvia in 1988. In contrast to Estonia, where state atheism reduced the once 80% Lutheran majority to barely 10% by 2011, the Latvian Lutheran church saw its membership drop to around 20% but has recovered and now includes approximately 30% of the popula
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Lutheran denomination in Latvia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_of_Latvia
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2024-04-25T20:57:30Z
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