User blog comment:EDN1980/Darkness' name./@comment-79.115.79.20-20150527205916/@comment-3045936-20150528215650

Places don't accept a deities or Angels powers. With the exception of the Vanir, but that is cause it was a sacred tree. Angelics are imbued with grace, but the Archangels are imbued with far greater graces compared to armies of angels. Also, worship itself doesn't affect the pagans, it's the tributes, offerings, and sacrifices that can impower the gods with greater power.

Like Sam said, The old gods were once near-invincible but they got a (lot) not all their power from worshippers from people feeding them. Now feeding could me anything as its a general term. However, a god has proven to directly take sacrifices from non-believers to gain power, like with life-force for Chronos or the Calligcans the gods of the winter solstice they took human sacrifices from tricking people with meadowsweet wreaths. So I always thought the pagans gain power from the magic imbued into the rituals or tributes. The Angel's graces with exceptions of Archangel's gain certains powers from the connections with Heaven.