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Religious life in Koskenkorva's true cities and larger towns is not altogether different from that of smaller cities and towns in Northeast and North Coast Kirav. In rural Koskenkorva, religion is, like everything else, a community affair, and most villages have only one congregation to which everyone belongs. Weekly church attendance in rural Koskenkorva is "effectively 100%", according to the Coscivian Orthodox Diocese of Kosovo. | Religious life in Koskenkorva's true cities and larger towns is not altogether different from that of smaller cities and towns in Northeast and North Coast Kirav. In rural Koskenkorva, religion is, like everything else, a community affair, and most villages have only one congregation to which everyone belongs. Weekly church attendance in rural Koskenkorva is "effectively 100%", according to the Coscivian Orthodox Diocese of Kosovo. | ||
The immediately pre-Christian religious environment of Koskenkorva is a matter of some debate, but the most commonly accepted characterisation is a foundation of Cosco-Adratic folk religion overlaid with Sarostivism and diverse syncretic elements from various Coscivian monotheist movements and primordial nature-centred rituals. The island was gradually Christianised during the Xth century, with missionary work begun by Celtic apostles from the Levantine mainland and seen through by later generations of [[Ĥeiran Coscivians|Ĥeiran Coscivian]] churchmen. The largest religious bodies in Koskenkorva are the Coscivian Orthodox Church, Insular Apostolic Church, and Catholic Church, followed by the Koskenkorvan People's Church, a Lutheran denomination. There are clear regional patterns as to the denominational affiliation of village churches. Cosco-Adratic villages on the west coast tend to be Insular Apostolic and Finno-Ugric villages Lutheran or Orthodox. The hinterland is more uniformly Orthodox and the northeast coast is mixed Orthodox/Apostolic with an Orthodox majority. The southeast coast and far south are more mixed, with a Catholic plurality. | The immediately pre-Christian religious environment of Koskenkorva is a matter of some debate, but the most commonly accepted characterisation is a foundation of Cosco-Adratic folk religion overlaid with Sarostivism and diverse syncretic elements from various Coscivian monotheist movements and primordial nature-centred rituals. The island was gradually Christianised during the Xth century, with missionary work begun by Celtic apostles from the Levantine mainland and seen through by later generations of [[Ĥeiran Coscivians|Ĥeiran Coscivian]] churchmen. The largest religious bodies in Koskenkorva are the Coscivian Orthodox Church, Insular Apostolic Church, and Catholic Church, followed by the Koskenkorvan People's Church, a Lutheran denomination. There are clear regional patterns as to the denominational affiliation of village churches. Cosco-Adratic villages on the west coast tend to be Insular Apostolic and Finno-Ugric villages Lutheran or Orthodox. The hinterland is more uniformly Orthodox and the northeast coast is mixed Orthodox/Apostolic with an Orthodox majority. The southeast coast and far south are more mixed, with a Catholic plurality. The far north has a larger Lutheran minority. | ||
Koskenkorvans are stereotyped as laconic, earthy, tough, solitary, and rather depressed, as shaped by their harsh environment, tumultuous history, and dismal weather. | Koskenkorvans are stereotyped as laconic, earthy, tough, solitary, and rather depressed, as shaped by their harsh environment, tumultuous history, and dismal weather. | ||