Wintersolstice feast of the Icelandic Pagan Association was held where the new temple is being built

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The Winter solstice is the occasion of one of the four big annual ceremonies of the pagan religion Ásatrú, the other being “Þingblót”, during the tenth week of summer, “fall-blót” in connection to the first day of winter and “Victory-blót” at the first day of summer.

This year’s winter solstice blót was held in the Öskjuhlíð hill recreational area, the small forested hill just south-east of downtown Reykjavík. The planned main temple of the Ásatrú Association will rise in the hill next year. The ceremony took place on 22 December under clear skies, and were led by Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, high priest of the Ásatrú Association, the Allsherhargoði.

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