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religiously adverb

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Definition

in ways or subjects relating to religion
India is quite diverse, both politically and religiously.
informal If you do something religiously, you do it regularly
He visits his mother religiously every week.

(Definition of religiously adverb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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