Christianity is a main religion in Abkhazia. The history of introduction of Christianity in the present-day Abkhazia can be traced to the 1st century and...
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Many inhabitants of Abkhazia are Orthodox Christians, With significant minorities adhering to Islam and the Abkhaz neopaganism, or the "Abkhazian traditional...
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Abkhazians (redirect from People of Abkhazia)
mainly living in Abkhazia, a disputed region on the northeastern coast of the Black Sea. A large Abkhaz diaspora population resides in Turkey, the origins...
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represent the tolerance that allows Christianity and Islam to coexist. Abkhazian children waving miniature flags of Abkhazia Helicopter towing the Abkhazian...
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Abkhazia (/æbˈkɑːziə/ ab-KAH-zee-ə), officially the Republic of Abkhazia, is a partially recognised state in the South Caucasus, on the eastern coast of...
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Kingdom of Abkhazia (Georgian: აფხაზთა სამეფო, romanized: apkhazta samepo; lit. 'Kingdom of the Abkhazians'), was a medieval feudal state in the Caucasus...
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The Principality of Abkhazia (Georgian: აფხაზეთის სამთავრო, romanized: apkhazetis samtavro) emerged as a separate feudal entity in the 15th-16th centuries...
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in Abkhazia Christianity in Abkhazia Hinduism in Abkhazia Islam in Abkhazia Judaism in Abkhazia Sikhism in Abkhazia World Heritage Sites in Abkhazia:...
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Abkhazian Orthodox Church (category Christianity in Abkhazia)
independent entity in western Georgia from the 1470s to 1814 in areas generally known as Abkhazia presently. The Catholicate of Abkhazia was headed by the...
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The history of Abkhazia, a region in the South Caucasus, spans more than 5,000 years from its settlement by the lower-paleolithic hunter-gatherers to...
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Abkhaz traditional religion (category Religion in Abkhazia)
associating Orthodox Christianity with the Georgians, and chose to reject it, turning to the native gods. The eventual victory of Abkhazia in the 1992–93 war...
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Leon I of Abkhazia was the hereditary prince (Eristavi) of Abkhazia, ruling sometime between 720 - 740, or from c. 745 - 767, and a vassal to the Byzantine...
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(Georgian: გიორგი II, Giorgi II), of the Leonid dynasty was a king of Abkhazia from 923 to 957 AD. His lengthy reign is regarded as a zenith of cultural...
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Christianity in Asia has its roots in the very inception of Christianity, which originated from the life and teachings of Jesus in 1st-century Roman Judea...
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state in Syria and Jordan in the 7th century AD; after the Islamic conquest of Levant he converted to Islam in AD 638; later reverted to Christianity and...
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royal dynasty and the church in the late 18th century resulted in the revival of Christianity in Guria, and a portion of Abkhazia. After the conquest of Imereti...
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year 2023, Christianity had approximately 2.4 billion adherents and is the largest religion by population. According to a PEW estimation in 2020, Christians...
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peacemakers, decision makers, and mediators in times of combat and conflict. The women in Abkhazia only have a marginal in number within the showground of Abkhazian...
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Eastern Christianity comprises Christian traditions and church families that originally developed during classical and late antiquity in the Eastern Mediterranean...
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slavery Christianity by country Christianity in Abkhazia Christianity in Afghanistan Christianity in Africa Christianity in Albania Christianity in Algeria...
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Шарвашидзе-Чачба), was briefly the Prince of Abkhazia in 1821–1822. He was a colonel in the Russian army. He converted to Christianity and was baptised into the Orthodox...
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Georgia (country) (category Countries in Europe)
Union in April 1991. For much of the subsequent decade, the country endured economic crises, political instability, and secessionist wars in Abkhazia and...
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from the academy after defending his PhD Thesis, "History of Christianity in Abkhazia in the first millennium". He was admitted to the doctoral program...
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Georgian Orthodox Church (redirect from Georgian Orthodox Christianity)
the Patriarch of All Georgia, Ilia II, who was elected in 1977. Eastern Orthodox Christianity was the state religion throughout most of Georgia's history...
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Abasgia (category Former countries in Europe)
assumed the title of King of Abkhazia. Césarée, Procope de (1662). Prokopiu Kaisareōs Tōn Kat'auton Istoriōn Biblia Okto (in Greek). e Typographia Regia...
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Abo of Tiflis (category Christianity in Tbilisi)
From Khazaria, Nerses moved to Abkhazia, that was also free from the Arab dominion, taking Abo with him. There in Abkhazia Abo zealously followed the Christian...
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Christianity is the predominant religion in Georgia. The wide variety of peoples inhabiting Georgia has meant a correspondingly rich array of active religions...
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the church in Abkhazia to be under the jurisdiction of the GOC. The GOC is not able to travel to Abkhazia and few GOC worshippers in Abkhazia are able to...
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polytheistic and has origins in ancient Scythian religion. Syncretism between Christianity and traditional belief is common. Christianity in South Ossetia was first...
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Spiritual Christianity (Russian: духовное христианство, romanized: dukhovnoye khristianstvo) is the group of belief systems held by so-called folk Protestants...
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