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eastern orthodoxy in azerbaijan wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 history of eastern orthodoxy in azerbaijan 2 eastern orthodoxy in azerbaijan nowadays 3 the albanian udin christian community 4 see also 5 references 6 literature 7 external links toggle the table of contents eastern orthodoxy in azerbaijan 5 languages azərbaycanca čeština français ქართული русский edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia not to be confused with oriental orthodoxy in azerbaijan during the 19th century the georgian exarchate of the russian orthodox church included the territory of modern day azerbaijan eastern orthodoxy in azerbaijan is the main christian and the second largest religious group in the republic of azerbaijan after islam 1 2 3 according to statistics the eastern orthodox or byzantine tradition in azerbaijan is 1 6 143 thousand people the territory of azerbaijan is in the jurisdiction 4 of the baku azerbaijan diocese of the russian orthodox church 5 6 history of eastern orthodoxy in azerbaijan edit metropolitan platon rozhdestvensky of tbilisi and baku and exarch of caucasus 1917 1918 year total numbers slavic orthodox population share 5 1897 95 736 5 6 1926 241 653 0 6 1939 553 433 17 3 1959 531 344 14 3 1970 544 148 10 6 1979 506 439 8 4 1989 432 482 6 2 1999 170 700 2 1 2009 143 800 1 6 serious changes in the caucasian albanian church occurred under the arab rule when the catholicos nerses i bakur 688 704 attempted to convert to chalcedonism thus recognizing the spiritual authority of constantinople he was deposed by the grand duke of albania shero and other feudal lords who remained faithful to the albanian church and cursed at the national church cathedral in 705 it fell under the religious jurisdiction of the armenian apostolic church as the catholicosate of aghvank 7 the caucasian albanian tribes were divided between the chalcedonian georgian orthodox north centered around the bishopric of kish and the armenian apostolic church of the south 8 in the second half of the 10th century the population of the left bank albania hereti was included in the sphere of influence of the decision of the chalcedon council of the georgian church adopted in the 7th century and got a great impact of georgia 9 when the territories of transcaucasia entered the russian empire jurisdiction of georgian exarchate was expanded encompassing territories of modern day georgia armenia and azerbaijan in 1905 eparchy of baku nowadays baku and caspian eparchy was established 10 the albanian catholicos of the church in 1813 by the decree of tsar nicholas i passed into the status of the metropolite of the albanian church eastern orthodoxy became wide spread in azerbaijan at the beginning of the 19th century 11 12 eastern orthodoxy in azerbaijan nowadays edit in 1815 the first russian orthodox church appeared in baku later such churches were built in ganja goranboy borisi russian village 1842 shemakha alty aghadj village 1834 lankaran vel village 1838 and gedabek slavyanka village 1844 there were 21 sectarian villages in baku during 1868 13 in 1905 the baku diocese of the russian orthodox church was established during the soviet era 14 the authorities repressed the priests of the baku diocese but in 1944 two churches were opened 15 in 1998 the baku caspian diocese of the russian orthodox church was established on march 22 2011 the decision of the holy synod of the russian orthodox church was changed to the baku caspian diocese in baku azerbaijan 16 in 2011 there were six eastern orthodox churches in the country five of them belong to the russian orthodox church roc three of them are located in baku one in ganja and one in khachmaz another temple belongs to the jurisdiction of the georgian orthodox church the church of st george in the village of gakh inguila in the qakh district where the ingiloy georgians 17 live compactly about 7 500 people in 2013 november president ilham aliyev participated in the opening ceremony of orthodox religious and cultural center of baku and azerbaijan eparchy firstly the president visited the holy myrrhbearers cathedral 18 there is also the michael archangel s temple in the capital city baku 19 the albanian udin christian community edit in 2001 during his visit to azerbaijan patriarch alexe ii met with representatives of the udin community who expressed the desire of their people to join the roc however this did not lead to any real results and the community of udin remained outside the church s nourishment on may 28 2003 the albanian udin christian community was established in azerbaijan the chairman of the community was robert mobilea this was due to the restoration of the ancient kish temple in shaki according to legend the foundation was laid by the apostle eliseus in 2006 the restoration of the second udin temple the church in the village of nij azerbaijan gabalinsky district was completed restoration works are also continued in the village of gum of the gakh region and the basilica in the village of gyumriuk with the intention of restoration of the albanian basilica which is related to the 5th century 20 in 2006 the bishop of baku and the caspian sea alexander ishchein reported that orthodox worship will be performed in udin churches and priests for them are trained in russian religious schools the baku diocese of the russian orthodox church took part in some solemn events and even held baptisms but there is no general progress on the involving of udin into the roc meanwhile the albanian udin christian community exists in the form of a separate ethno religious group with its own ideas about the udin church in which rituals are conducted not by canonical clergymen but by the members of the community in particular the right to baptize was taken over by the chairman of the auho robert mobilea and the self styled spiritual figure rafik danakari 21 see also edit religion in azerbaijan christianity in azerbaijan russian orthodox church in azerbaijan georgian orthodox church in azerbaijan references edit religion in azerbaijan pdf dawisha karen parrott bruce 1994 01 28 russia and the new states of eurasia the politics of upheaval cambridge university press p 120 isbn 9780521458955 orthodoxy in azerbaijan all about azerbaijan culture religion etc pdf russian church has 180 million faithful 36 000 churches 1 000 monasteries 56 seminaries pat kirill serbian orthodox church official web site www spc rs archived from the original on 2018 07 09 retrieved 2018 05 31 1 2 russian orthodox church and its influence pdf permanent dead link the russian orthodox church and the impact of bolshevism retrieved 2018 05 31 hewsen robert h 2001 armenia a historical atlas chicago university of chicago press pp 40 72 80 schulze wolfgang 2005 towards a history of udi pdf ehteshami anoushiravan 1994 from the gulf to central asia players in the new great game university of exeter press isbn 9780859894517 ïðàâîñëàâèå â àçåðáàéäæàíå ïðàâîñëàâèå ru www pravoslavie ru archived from the original on october 19 2013 huseynzadeh tunjay azerbaijani multiculturalism multiculturalism preslib az retrieved 2018 05 31 welcome to heydar aliyevs heritage research center lib aliyev heritage org retrieved 2018 05 31 azerbaijan religion in azerbaijan www azerbaijan az retrieved 2018 05 31 religion in ussr pdf archived from the original pdf on 2021 04 15 russian orthodox church in baku myangle archived from the original on 2018 07 09 retrieved 2018 05 31 holy synod of the russian orthodox church takes decisions on external church activities mospat ru retrieved 2018 05 31 activity of russian orthodox church among the muslim natives of the caucasus in imperial russia მატიანე in georgian 2010 08 16 retrieved 2018 05 31 azerbaijani president attends opening of orthodox religious and cultural center of baku and azerbaijan eparchy news orthodoxy cognate page 2013 11 16 retrieved 2018 05 31 about us church of st archangel michael of baku archangel mikhail baku com retrieved 2018 05 31 udins today ancestors of the caucasian albanians www azer com retrieved 2018 05 31 baptism in nij www baku ru retrieved 2018 05 31 literature edit timothy c dowling russia at war from the mongol conquest to afghanistan chechnya and beyond 2014 728pp isbn 1598849484 meyendorff john 1989 imperial 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