Major findings include the remains of a 6th-century synagogue, evidence of an interesting fusion of Jewish and pagan beliefs.

The mosaic reflects an interesting fusion of Jewish and pagan beliefs.

There are different concepts on the correlation of Christianity and pagan beliefs among the East Slavs.

But evangelization was slow with period documents indicating that most pagan beliefs had not been extinguished well into the colonial period.

Much of the population had converted to Islam in the centuries before; however, nationalist and pagan beliefs persisted in many areas.

As stated earlier, certain plants were said to have supernatural powers, often revealing an interesting combination of Christian and pagan beliefs in the one element.

As such, Christianity developed within the matrix of Judaism, relatively independent from pagan religious beliefs and customs.

"Listen, people who get a contemporary education want us to forget our old, pagan beliefs," the caption reads.

Bored with endless hours of church services, Lane rejected Christianity and originally shared relatively pagan beliefs.

Dolly agrees, with her almost pagan belief in the rhythms of nature and the great mysterious workings of fate.