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Welcome to Our Journal!

We will use this section of our site to publish in depth articles about our beliefs, rituals, pain, and other related topics and musings. We will also add small posts and pictures from the rituals we facilitate and are involved in, here at Vestrønningen and around the world, when we have permission to do so. Not all articles published here will be translated. If you have something you would like to contribute, please get in touch with us!

Website Update

We are currently working on updating our website. You may, therefore, experience some irregularities between the English and Norwegian texts

Board meeting 2024

Smertekirken - Church of Pain held our annual board meeting on Thursday, 29 February, and we wanted to share the meeting minutes.

Ceremonies

Protest Submitted

For those who are following Smertekirken's case to get registered as a religious community, here is the protest to the denial we received.

Application Denied

A little over 9 months after Smertekirken submitted our request to be recognized by the state as a religious community, our answer came.

Board meeting 2023

We held our annual board meeting on Friday, 10 March, and we wanted to share the meeting minutes with those of you who want to have a look.

How Many Members?

2023 is here, and we ended last year with this members count: 63/50—to qualify for state recognition!!! 146 members worldwide!

Board meeting 2022

We held our board meeting on Wednesday, 9 March, and we wanted to share the meeting minutes with those of you who want to have a look.

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