Editing Riverside, California (section)

===Religion===
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[[File:Mount Rubidoux is a hill within the city of Riverside, California LCCN2013634917.tif|thumb|left|[[Mount Rubidoux]]]]

Riverside is largely Christian and is home to Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Protestant, and Universalist Unitarian churches, an Islamic mosque, Jewish synagogue, Hindu temple, and several Buddhist temples. Riverside is also home to the Inland Empire Atheists and Agnostics organization.<ref>{{cite web|author=US |url=http://www.inlandempireatheists.com |title=Inland Empire Atheists, Agnostics & Skeptics Meetup Group (Riverside, CA)&nbsp;– Meetup.com |publisher=Inlandempireatheists.com |access-date=June 1, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pe.com/localnews/rivcounty/stories/PE_News_Local_W_wbriefs15.4798926.html |title=West Briefs&nbsp;– 4/15/09 &#124; Riverside County &#124; PE.com &#124; Southern California News &#124; News for Inland Southern California |publisher=PE.com |date=April 14, 2009 |access-date=June 1, 2010 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

The city has a large population of [[Seventh-day Adventist]]s, due to the presence of [[La Sierra University]] and proximity to [[Loma Linda, California|Loma Linda]] near [[San Bernardino, California|San Bernardino]].

There is also a large [[Mormon]] population, as well as in the San Bernardino area, as [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] has missions in Riverside and [[Redlands, California|Redlands]] near their [[Redlands California Temple|temple]].

Several religious celebrations take place on top of the city's [[Mount Rubidoux]]. One is an annual Easter [[Sunrise service]], which is the nation's oldest continual non-denominational outdoor Easter service<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pe.com/localnews/riverside/stories/PE_News_Local_S_sunrise05.3fcd4b6.html|title=News : Press Enterprise|work=pe.com|access-date=July 18, 2009|archive-date=April 19, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090419172944/http://www.pe.com/localnews/riverside/stories/PE_News_Local_S_sunrise05.3fcd4b6.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The 100th anniversary of the event was held April 12, 2009. Each December, a 2½-mile (4&nbsp;km) procession from Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine to the top of Mount Rubidoux promotes awareness of [[Juan Diego]]'s walk up [[Tepeyac]] hill, in 1531, where he reportedly saw a [[Marian apparition]] known as [[Our Lady of Guadalupe]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pe.com/family/stories/PE_News_Local_S_guadalupe04.3144338.html|title=Press Enterprise : Riverside County California News, Sports and Entertainment|work=pe.com}}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

In 2012, a controversy erupted regarding the cross atop Mount Rubidoux, which was on city-owned land and maintained by the city. Due to constitutional issues regarding separation of church and state, the Riverside City Council sold the cross and the land under it (0.43 acres; 1740.15 sq m) to a private entity for $10,500.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pe.com/local-news/riverside-county/riverside/riverside-headlines-index/20130411-mount-rubidoux-cross-auction-winner-will-keep-riverside-landmark.ece|title=Mount Rubidoux Cross: Auction winner will keep Riverside landmark|work=Press Enterprise|access-date=January 17, 2014|archive-date=December 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225001315/http://www.pe.com/local-news/riverside-county/riverside/riverside-headlines-index/20130411-mount-rubidoux-cross-auction-winner-will-keep-riverside-landmark.ece|url-status=dead}}</ref>