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Architecture · Art · Cinema · Cuisine Dance · Azerbaijan is a minority religion. Denominations There are eleven Molokan communities. The Molokans are a Christian minority which, much like Protestants in Western Europe, is centered on the Bible and who reject church hierarchy. 3.8% of the population (1998) belong to the Russian Orthodox Church (1998). The Russian Orthodox Church has the Eparchy of Baku and the Caspian region with a seat in Azerbaijan. Among the famous landmark Russian churches are Church of Michael Archangel, Holy Myrrhbearers Cathedral and Alexander Nevsky Cathedral destroyed by the communists at the beginning of the 20th century. There is only one Roman Catholic congregation. A Roman Catholic church in Baku has opened in 2007. The Albanian-Udi Church is of the Udi people minority in Azerbaijan.[citation needed] There is a German Lutheran community. There likely are less than 7,000 Protestants.[citation needed] There is also a Georgian Orthodox community and churches. The Armenian Apostolic Church currently has no community outside Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. Before the outbreak of the war, Armenians formed the largest Christian population. The Armenian churches in Azerbaijan remain closed, because of the large outmigration of Armenians and fear of Azeri attacks.[1] During the Nagorno-Karabakh War, despite the constitutional guarantees against religious discrimination, numerous acts of vandalism against the Armenian Apostolic Church have been reported throughout Azerbaijan.[2] At the height of atrocities against the Armenian minorities in Baku in 1990, the Armenian Church of St. Gregory Illuminator in Baku was set on fire[3], but was restored in 2004 and is not used anymore. The Church of St. Gregory Illuminator is the only remaining Armenian church in Baku, all other Armenian churches have been demolished in the 1990's.[citation needed] See also Church of Caucasian Albania Orthodox Christianity in Azerbaijan Roman Catholicism in Azerbaijan Molokan Religion in Azerbaijan Christianity by country Notes ^ United States Department of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1992 (Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, February 1993), p. 708 ^ Memorandum from the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights to John D. Evans, Resource Information Center, 13 June 1993, p. 4. ^ Implementation of the Helsinki Accords: Human Rights and Democratization in the Newly Independent States of the former Soviet Union" (Washington, DC: U.S. Congress, Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, January 1993), p. 116 Further reading [1] Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР Australian Property Institute Kantallur Look at other dictionaries: Orthodox Christianity in Azerbaijan — Orthodox Christianity is a minority in Azerbaijan, a country with a Shia Muslim majority. The Russian Orthodox Church in Azerbaijan is a large part of Orthodox Christianity Azerbaijan. The Georgian Orthodox Church is present in Azerbaijan,… …   Wikipedia Christianity in Asia — Christianity spread from Western Asia to China between the 1st to the 14th century AD, and further to Eastern Asia from the 16th century with the European Age of Discovery. Christianity in Asia has its roots in the very inception of Christianity …   Wikipedia Christianity in Georgia (country) — Christianity by Country Africa …   Wikipedia Christianity by country — Africa …   Wikipedia Christianity in Japan — Christianity by Country Africa …   Wikipedia Christianity in Indonesia — Christianity by Country Africa …   Wikipedia Christianity in Russia — Christianity by Country Africa …   Wikipedia Christianity in Korea — Christianity by Country Africa …   Wikipedia Christianity in Afghanistan — Christianity by Country Africa …   Wikipedia Christianity in Iran — Christianity by Country Africa …   Wikipedia 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”