Christianity in Azerbaijan

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Christianity in Azerbaijan is a minority religion. 2,5 % 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.

There are eleven Molokan communities. The Molokans are a christian minority which is centered on the bible and who reject church hierarchy.

There is only one Roman Catholic congregation. A Roman Catholic church in Baku is expected to open inofficially in April 2007 and officially in summer 2007.

The Albanian-Udi church is a minority of 6000 persons in Azerbaijan.

The Armenian Apostolic Church has no communitiy outside Nagorno-Karabakh.

There likely are less than 1000 protestants.

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• Roman Catholicism in Azerbaijan article
• Molokan
• Protestantism by country