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{{Infobox organization <br />
|name = Church of the Guanche People<br />
|image = Tanit-Symbol.svg<br />
|caption = The church's official symbol <br />
|type = Guanche ethnic [[neopaganism]]<br />
|region = [[Canary Islands]], [[Spain]]<br />
|headquarters = [[San Cristóbal de La Laguna]] ([[Tenerife]], [[Canary Islands]], [[Spain]]).<br />
|formation = 2001<br />
|website = [http://iglesiaguanche.blogspot.com.es/ Church of the Guanche People]<br />
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The '''Church of the Guanche People''' ({{langx|es|Iglesia del Pueblo Guanche}}) is a religious organisation, founded in 2001 in the city of [[San Cristóbal de La Laguna]], [[Tenerife]], [[Canary Islands]], [[Spain]]. Its goal is to revive and spread the [[Guanches#System_of_beliefs|traditional religion]] of the indigenous [[Berbers|Berber]] [[Guanches|Guanche]] people who occupied the islands at the time of Castillian conquest.<ref name="auto">{{Cite journal|url=https://www.academia.edu/502395/La_Iglesia_del_Pueblo_Guanche_consideraciones_metodol%C3%B3gicas|title=La Iglesia del Pueblo Guanche: consideraciones metodológicas|first=Josué|last=Ramos-Martín|journal=Morales Padrón, F. (ed.) XVIII Coloquio de Historia Canario-Americana, 2008, pp. 1608-1630.|via=www.academia.edu|access-date=17 January 2022|archive-date=17 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220117015135/https://www.academia.edu/502395/La_Iglesia_del_Pueblo_Guanche_consideraciones_metodol%C3%B3gicas|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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In 2008, the Church had approximately 300 members.<ref>Martin, Veronica (2008). [http://www.laopinion.es/secciones/noticia.jsp?pRef=2008100300_9_173826__Sociedad-canarios-profesa-religion-minoritaria 5% of Canarians profess a minority religion (Un 5% de canarios profesa una religión minoritaria)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606073805/http://www.laopinion.es/secciones/noticia.jsp?pRef=2008100300_9_173826__Sociedad-canarios-profesa-religion-minoritaria |date=6 June 2012 }}, ''La Opinión de Tenerife'' newspaper, 3 October.</ref> The Church of the Guanche People is included in the studies of minority religions in the Canary Islands.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.observatorioreligion.es/upload/80/39/Pdfd_interactivo_Canarias.pdf |title=Religiones entre continentes. Minorías religiosas en Canarias. Editado por la Universidad de La Laguna |access-date=4 July 2015 |archive-date=15 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200515124020/http://www.observatorioreligion.es/upload/80/39/Pdfd_interactivo_Canarias.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><br />
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It was founded by a group of Canarian devotees of the goddess [[Chaxiraxi]], a prominent religious figure associated with the harvest in the Guanche religion.<ref name="auto"/> The Church of the Guanche People has performed [[baptism]]s and weddings according to what they know of Guanche custom.<br />
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In 2002, a wedding held in accordance with purported Guanche rites took place on the island of Tenerife. Such a ceremony had not been observed for several centuries, since the Spanish domination of the archipelago.<ref name="auto"/><br />
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The Church of the Guanche People has its own [[liturgical calendar]]. It officially began with the first celebration of ''Achu n Magek'' in 2001. According to this system, this is the year 1 of the ''Guanche New Age''.<ref name="auto1"/><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Germanic Heathenism]]<br />
*[[Hellenism (religion)|Hellenism]]<br />
*[[Kemetism]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://iglesiaguanche.blogspot.com.es/ Church of the Guanche People. Official Website.]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100110055348/http://www.ecoportal.net/content/view/full/15001 Iglesia del Pueblo Guanche.]<br />
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