Church of the Guanche People

The church's official symbol

Formation| 2001
Type| Guanche ethnic neopaganism
Headquarters| San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain ).

Region

| Canary Islands, Spain
Website| Church of the Guanche People

The Church of the Guanche People (Spanish: Iglesia del Pueblo Guanche) is a religious organisation, founded in 2001 in the city of San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain . It aims to perpetuate and spread the traditional religion of the ancient Guanche people.[1]

In 2008, the Church had approximately 300 members.[2] The Church of the Guanche People is included in the studies of minority religions in the Canary Islands.[3]

It was founded by a group of Canarian devotees of the goddess Chaxiraxi.[4] The Church of the Guanche People performed baptisms and weddings according to what they know of Guanche custom. On 2002, a wedding held in accordance with purported Guanche rites took place on the island of Tenerife—a practice not observed for several centuries since the Spanish domination of the archipelago.[5]

The Church of the Guanche People has its own liturgical calendar, which officially begins with the first celebration of Achu n Magek in 2001. According to this system, this is the year I of the Guanche New Age. 2018 would therefore be the year 18 on this calendar.[6]

The Church of the Guanche People is a modern pagan religious body representing Canarian Neopaganism.[7]

## See also

* Kemetism
* Hellenism
* Germanic Heathenism

## References

1. ↑ La Iglesia del Pueblo Guanche. Consideraciones metodológicas. Gobierno de Canarias.
2. ↑ Martin, Veronica (2008). 5% of Canarians profess a minority religion (Un 5% de canarios profesa una religión minoritaria), La Opinión de Tenerife newspaper, 3 October.
3. ↑ Religiones entre continentes. Minorías religiosas en Canarias. Editado por la Universidad de La Laguna
4. ↑ La Iglesia del Pueblo Guanche. Consideraciones metodológicas. Gobierno de Canarias.
5. ↑ La Iglesia del Pueblo Guanche. Consideraciones metodológicas. Gobierno de Canarias.
6. ↑ Religiones entre continentes. Minorías religiosas en Canarias. Editado por la Universidad de La Laguna
7. ↑ La Iglesia del Pueblo Guanche. Consideraciones metodológicas. Gobierno de Canarias.

## External links

* Church of the Guanche People. Official Website.
* Iglesia del Pueblo Guanche.

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