Editing Ynglism (section)

===Clergy, temples and rituals===
The scholar Alexey Gaidukov described Ynglism as having a well-defined hierarchic ecclesiastical structure and worship system.{{sfn|Gaidukov|2000|pp=33, 42, 141–142}} The Ynglist Church is led by the ''Pater Diy'' ("Divine Father", "Shining Father);{{sfn|Gaidukov|2000|p=141}} from the 1990s throughout the 2020s the ''Pater Diy'' is Aleksandr Khinevich,{{sfnm|1a1=Maltsev|1y=2015|1loc=passim|2a1=Yashin|2y=2016|2p=39|3a1=Shnirelman|3y=2017b|3p=91|4a1=Golovneva|4y=2018|4p=341}} also known as ''[[volkhv]]'' Kolovrat.{{sfn|Prokopyuk|2017|p=40}} The ''Pater Diy'' is the head of the utmost Council of Elders (Совет Старейшин, ''Sovet Stareyshin'') of the church.{{sfn|Gaidukov|2000|p=141}} Any priest (жрец, ''zhrets''; священник, ''svyashchennik'') member of the church may be appointed to become the succeeding ''Pater Diy'', but he must not be younger than 21 years old.{{sfn|Gaidukov|2000|p=141}} Below the ''Pater Diy'', there are five ranks in the sacerdotal hierarchy of the church:
# ''Ingling-svyashchennik'' (Инглинг-священник, "Yngling priest"), the highest rank of priests below the ''Pater Diy'' whose duty is to perform divine liturgies.
# ''Khramovnik'' (храмовник, "templar"), defining priests who act as temple guardians, performing temple duties except divine liturgies. The ''khramovnik'' also bear a sword and a short dagger with themselves to represent their role as temple guardians. {{sfn|Gaidukov|2000|p=142}}
#  ''Volkhv'' (волхв, "mage"), defining priests who perform sacraments inside and outside the temples, except divine liturgies and temple duties.
# ''Strannik'' (странник, "wanderer"), defining priests who assist the former two ranks in performing temple duties, sacraments, and also wander as missionaries.
# ''Dukhovnik'' (духовник, "spiritual confessor"), defining priests who perform only rituals of purification and [[initiation]], including baptisms.{{sfn|Gaidukov|2000|p=142}} All of them wear white robes, with cloaks and belts of different colours to distinguish the rank they belong to.{{sfn|Gaidukov|2000|p=142}}

Such sacerdotal hierarchy, like the organisation of temples (''khram'') and communities, mimicks that of [[Eastern Orthodox Christianity]].{{sfn|Gaidukov|2000|pp=126, 142}}

Contrary to other Rodnover traditions which prefer that collective worship is held at shrines consisting of wooden idols (капь, ''kap''') and other ritual elements placed in clearings or natural open holy spaces, Ynglism emphasises that worship should be held inside walled temples.{{sfn|Gaidukov|2000|p=140}} The worship of the gods and the ancestors is conducted by the Ynglists through a detailedly elaborated liturgy in which the style of speech and behaviour of the participants are similar to those of Orthodox Christians.{{sfn|Gaidukov|2000|p=126}} Also similar is the strict regulation of performance, timing and content of prayers and appeals; the Ynglists conduct rituals and recite prayers at precise times of the day and before or after undertaking certain actions, such as before beginning to work, before going to sleep, and similar others.{{sfn|Gaidukov|2000|p=135}} Prayers, speech formulations, are held to be energetic vibrations directed to certain gods, thus going to certain stars and constellations which are the bodies of such gods; Slavo-Aryan prayers are meant to go mainly to the northern celestial pole, ''Svarga''.<ref name="Derzhavarus-prayer">{{cite web|title=Как определить направление молитвы? |trans-title=How to determine the direction of prayer? |url=https://derzhavarus.ru/napravlenie-molitvy.html |website=Derzhava Rus |date=26 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305220336/https://derzhavarus.ru/napravlenie-molitvy.html |archive-date=5 March 2021}}</ref> Yearly gatherings (''veche'') of great numbers of Ynglist believers are held in summer.{{sfn|Aitamurto|2016|p=51}}

All Ynglist believers have to go through three rites of initiation, for entry and confirmation in the communion of the church; three baptisms, respectively in water, fire and spirit: the baptism in water is undergone at the age of 9 and marks the entry into the communion of the church; the baptism in fire is undergone at the age of 24 and confirms the presence of the believer in the communion; the baptism in spirit is undergone at the age of 36, considered the age when a person reaches full adulthood and is sanctified for creating a new family.{{sfn|Gaidukov|2000|p=116}} Weddings in Ynglism are usually held in coincidence with the holiday and month of [[Kolyada]] (December).{{sfn|Gaidukov|2000|p=124}} During their divine liturgies, the Ynglists practise a peculiar gesture, the "holy sign" (святое знамение), to "illustrate the holy faith, repeating the holy lightning of Perun which consecrated the life of the ancestors": to do it, the third phalanges of the thumb, the ring finger and the small finger of the right hand are joined together to represent the great ''Triglav'' of Svarog-Perun-Svetovid, as well as conscience, freedom and light, while the index and the middle finger are joined in straight line to represent the heavenly kin (the genealogy) and the mother goddess receiving it; folded in this way, the two straightened fingers first touch the forehead, then the left eye, then the right eye, and endly the mouth.{{sfn|Gaidukov|2000|p=134}}