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Anunsianism
Main doctrine
The holy book of the twelve saints - Lomen anunsetiamen gaxte
Deities
Eolyi · Sanolyi · Foanyi
Main Saints
Saint Kaonen · Saint Briggien · Saint Salmyi · Saint Ainen · Saint Oevrin · Saint Roamien · Saint Frealdin · Saint Majdanyi · Saint Hulmyi · Saint Vyimsin · Saint Mercqin · Saint Nounsin
Number of believers
Hyldia: 51,000,000 Eperne: 24,000,000 Vösia: 2,000,000 Total: 77,000,000
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Anunsianism (hyl. Anunsiana from the hyldian word for saint - anunsetien) is a religion in Hyldia, Eperne and Vösia. The religion is based on the faith in three goddesses: Eolyi, Sanolyi and Foanyi, the holy book of the twelve saints, or Lomen anunsetiamen gaxte. The believers gather one to seven times a week in the temples for prayers, songs and readings from the holy book.
There are about 77 million anunsian believers on Daia - 51 million in Hyldia, allmost 90% of the hyldian population, 24 million in Eperne, about 50% of the epernean population and 2 million in Vösia.
The anunsian world, or anunsianity, is divided into 15 dioceses, ten in Hyldia and five abroad. Every diocese is led by a high priestess and the high priestess in the archdiocese of Karixon is called the highest priestess and her name is Lijsyi Elen. Every diocese has its own diocese council with religous and political responsibilities.
Because of one of the first texts in the holy book, that forbids Anunsians to pray without a woman in the group, only women can serve at the temple. That means the there are only female priestesses in Hyldia and the national temple counsil consists of 100% women. This counsil is responsible for the education system and health care in Hyldia.

Beliefs

Deities

There are three godesses in the anunsian religion: Eolyi, the godess of creation and life, Sanolyi, the godess of the present and Foanyi, the godess of the future and the holy hope. Those three deities are believed to work constant in unity and must be worshiped and honored. They are also believed to be good and willing to have relationship with every one who acknowledge them as queens of the creation and the beleavers personal life. It is however a rule of the holy book, that by every prayer at least one woman must be present. Men may not pray alone.

Saints

There are a very large number of saints in the anunsian religion, all canonized and recognized of the temple council, but the twelve highest saints are Saint Kaonien, Saint Briggien, Saint Salmyi, Saint Ainen, Saint Oevrin, Saint Roamien, Saint Frealdin, Saint Majdanyi, Saint Hulmyi, Saint Vyimsin, Saint Mercqin and Saint Nounsin. Every single one of them has an own chapter in the holy scripture of the anunsian religion - The holy book of the twelve saints.

The holy book of the twelve saints

The holy book of the twelve saints is the holiest scripture of anunsianism where revelations of the godesses are formulated of the twelve greates and most important anunsian saints. There are the history of the creation of Daia, the words of the godesses and the saints, the rules of the anunsian lifestyle and the description of the temple rituals.
Every single on of the twelve saints has an own chapter in this holy book.

Traditions and rituals

Temple seremonies

The seremonies in an anunsian temple is very liturgic and the rituals are many and old. The every day seremony is divided into 17 parts; one introduction, or foerplenia, one for each goddess and one for each saint. The seremony ends with a completion, or brupson.

Annual temple festivals

The anunsian year is full of religous festivals. The seven biggest festivals are:

• New years day, celebration of the creation and the new year.
• 13th of april, music day.
• 2th of may, celebration of all saints.
• 5th of june, celebration of the goddess Eolyi.
• 17th of august, festival of the holy hope.
• 16th of september, celebration of the goddess Sanolyi.
• 1st of december, celebration of the goddess Foanyi.

Each and every month is named after one of the twelve highest saints. Their names are:

• Kaonienundor
• Briggienundor
• Salmyinundor
• Ainenundor
• Oevrinundor
• Roamienundor
• Frealdinundor
• Majdanundor
• Hulmyinundor
• Vyimsinundor
• Mercqinundor
• Nounsinundor

Symbols

The anunsian religion has many symbols. An anunsian temple is full of religous symbols, but the most usual are: The triangle, the flame, the eye, the sparrow and all of the attributes of the saints.

The Triangle

The Flame

The Eye

The Sparrow

The Attributes of the Saints

Music

The religous music (hyl. psallen) that are used in the hyldian temples is always vocal - sungen by choir, priestesses or the temple visitors. It is based on scales that are various for diffrent religous festivals or times. The texts is often based on the holy book or prayers written by any of the twelve saints.
Many of the anunsian liturgic songs, sungen in the ceremonies by the priestesses, have three voices. They are called: bevemetien - the leader, repsetien elen - higher follower and repsetien naomnyi - lower follower. The note range for the leader can be as high as c³ and for the lower follower as low as the small c.
Religious music sungen in the ceremonies by the choir have often four to twelve voiced. The pieces are sometimes parted into three choirs with each four voices. The most famous choir composer of anunsian music is Oelda Iocqa - an anunsian believer born in 1685 in Aria, Vösia and died 1750 in Karixon. He was very productive and wrote over 1500 choir peaces - all categorized in Iocqa Work Number, hyl: Noems moitian Iocqan, NMI. One of his most loved piese is Our goddesses are our shelter, hyl. Huyenda Jumeir vaeransyimsen and has the number NMI-366.
Other imortant anunsian choir composers are Levyi Millio (1230-1298), from Millia, Sanþryi Vaeransien (1452-1501), from Vyilemina, Oevertornia Boudnia (1744-1811), from Udda, Louvnyi Nealtyi (1823-1865), from Tyisminyi, Belda Molta (1898-1970), from Sandyi and the Loevlor prize winner of religion in 1998, Houldien Vavyi (1965-), from Soelil.

Dioceses

A map over all ten dioceses within the hyldian border. The red mark shows where the dome temple of the diocese is and where the high priestess is stationated.

There are ten dioceses, Hyl: Tiftyi. in Hyldia and every diocese has a diocese council. There are also six dioceses outside of Hyldia. Every diocese is led by a high priestess and the diocese of Karixon is the highest priestess, Lijsyi Elen. The high priestess is the leader of the diocese council in her own area.

Dioceses abroad

A map over all six dioceses outside of the hyldian border. The red mark shows where the dome temple of the diocese is and where the high priestess is stationated.

The hyldian temple council has divided the whole world abroad in five diffrent anunsian dioceses, even if there are now, or very few, anunsians in that part specific part of the Daia (See the table above). The diocese of Monirania and Ylminij, in Vösia and the diocese of Vatxonia and east Nunshavi have rellative many anunsian members and there are regulare anunsian seremonies in those dioceses, and also in the diocese of east Latelen there are some anunsian believers. However in the west Letelen diocese the are very few believers of the anunsian religion but there are some cities the one anunsian temple.

Anunsian branching

The anunsian blief is a quite unite relligion, but there are some small branchings.

Oulivism

The earliest schism of the anunsianity happend in the 830'ies where the anunsians on the island of Meirma did not want to recognize Nounsin as one of the twelve saints but instead the meirman saint Oulivyi. This branch of the anunsianism is therefore called Oulivism, hyl: Ouliviana and is, by the anunsian temple council, seen as a heretic sect. There are about 200,000 oulivians in the world and 60% of the population on Meirma are blievers of the oulivism.

Saint Oulivyi

Saint Oulivyi lived in the city of Myimyi, on the island of Meirma, between the years 767-839 and wrote her book in 801 - 102 years after the anunsian canonization meeting in 699. She tells about her vision of the goddess Eolyi.
The anunsian temple council do not recognize Oulivyi as a saint.

The Inner Circle of the Believers of Saint Oulivyi

The Inner Circle of the Believers of Saint Oulivyi, hyl: Oublor Isirs Feilsetiar Oulivie Anunsie, OIFOA, is a religious order within the oulivistic branch of the anunsianism.

Gelaerism

The Gelaerism is named after the priestess Gelaeryi from Presbia, an attendee at the anunsian canonization meeting that formed a doctrine the meant that the goddess Sanolyi is the only goddess that is active today. It is called Sanolyi nes; Only Sanolyi, or Gelaerism, hyl: Gelaeriana. The common anunsian belief is that all goddesses are active today through the goddess Sanolyi. This is called the Sanoli elei conflict. Sanoli elei means through Sanolyi.
There are only some thousand gelaerians today and they are not seen as a part of the holy anunsian religion by the anunsians. The gelaerians has their own highest priestess and an own gelaerian temple in Presbia, where the most of the gelearians live.
The galaerians call them self; Sanolians, hyl: Sanolianer.

See also

• Hyldia
• Anunsian Canonization Meeting