The Church of Aphrodite was a nature-based church founded by Gleb Botkin on Long Island, New York in 1938. He won the right to register it as a religious charter in the New York State Supreme Court. Botkin later moved the church to Charlottesville, Virginia. He self-published a book arguing that Aphrodite was the supreme deity and the creation of the world was like a woman giving birth. The church was one of the earliest of its kind in the neopaganism movement in the United States.

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  • The Church of Aphrodite was a nature-based church founded by Gleb Botkin on Long Island, New York in 1938. He won the right to register it as a religious charter in the New York State Supreme Court. Botkin later moved the church to Charlottesville, Virginia. He self-published a book arguing that Aphrodite was the supreme deity and the creation of the world was like a woman giving birth. The church was one of the earliest of its kind in the neopaganism movement in the United States. Botkin's church is mentioned in the recent book Her Hidden Children: The Rise of Wicca and Paganism in America, by Chas S. Clifton. International Church of Aphrodite.... January 15, 2008, Prime Minister Fred Ashmead, founded the new International Church of Aphrodite, dedicated to sharing divine Love & Beauty throughout the world. The new world wide church has launched the Mary Magdalene Seminary of Love in Houston, Texas, the headquarters for the church.
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  • The Church of Aphrodite was a nature-based church founded by Gleb Botkin on Long Island, New York in 1938. He won the right to register it as a religious charter in the New York State Supreme Court. Botkin later moved the church to Charlottesville, Virginia. He self-published a book arguing that Aphrodite was the supreme deity and the creation of the world was like a woman giving birth. The church was one of the earliest of its kind in the neopaganism movement in the United States.
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  • Church of Aphrodite
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