Editing Yehowists (section)

==Today==
The Yehowist Movement (frequently referred to by its members as Brotherhood) continues to exist in parts of the former Soviet Union,<ref>"Jehovists-Il’inites. A Russian Millenarian Movement" by Sergey V. Petrov, Nova Religio 9, no. 3 (March 2006): 86-89. See abstract online at http://caliber.ucpress.net/doi/abs/10.1525/nr.2006.9.3.080 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519005435/http://caliber.ucpress.net/doi/abs/10.1525/nr.2006.9.3.080 |date=2011-05-19 }}</ref> particularly in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Southern Russia, and Ukraine.<ref>History of religions by Dmitry Taevsky – Yehowists-Ilyinites (the Righteous brotherhood, Message of Zion).</ref> Most Yehowists are ethnic Russians, although the percentage of non-Russian members is growing due to conversion. The period is characterized by new forms of distribution of religious literature. In particular, Ilyinites actively use the internet to translate Ilyin's works to other languages. Yehowists run a [https://svetoch.org/en multilingual website]<ref>[https://svetoch.org/en/ Universal Theological Truth]</ref> offering Russian originals, intended for the public at large, and English, German, Hebrew, Greek, Polish, and Kyrgyz translations. Invitations to visit the site are posted periodically on forums and other sites in the Russian segment of the internet.

The Yehowist population is small, and there are no accurate estimates of the number of Yehowists because it is a closed religious group. Ilyinites never provide any information about their population or about the internal life and activity of their communities. Their population is believed to grow due to [[proselytism]].