| European Congress of Ethnic Religions | |
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| Formation | 1998 |
| Type | Ethnic and Traditional Paganism |
| Location | Vivulskio 27-4, LT-03114 Vilnius, Lithuania |
| Membership | About 20 organisations |
| Founder | Jonas Trinkunas |
| Key people | Jonas Trinkunas, Vlassis Rassias |
| Website | http://ecer-org.eu |
The European Congress of Ethnic Religions (ECER), formerly known as the World Congress of Ethnic Religions (WCER), is an organisation for the cooperation between associations which promote the indigenous ethnic religions of Europe (the Pagan religions). It was established in June 1998 in Vilnius, Lithuania, "the last European country to resist the onslaught of Christianity".[1]
The primary goal of the ECER is the strengthening of the ethnic Pagan traditions of Europe and to foster religious tolerance. Their ninth annual conference was held in Jaipur, India on 5-10 February. Their tenth congress was held in various places in Latvia from June 19 to 21. The organisation promotes collaboration between Traditional Ethnic Paganism and Hinduism.
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Members are mostly European ethnic religious organizations, but the ECER is in principle open to European ethnic religious organizations from any continent.
In 1999, member organizations were:[2]
Member organizations which joined at a later date include:[3]
Associations from Hungary and the Czech Republic are also members.
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