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Most inhabitants of Abkhazia are Orthodox Christians, with a minority adhering to Islam and Abkhazian Neopaganism. The influence of the traditional Abkhaz religion also remains strong and has been experiencing a revival in recent decades.〔George Enteen, (ABKHAZIA versus GEORGIA: Implications for U.S. Policy toward Russia )〕 There exists a very small number of adherents to Judaism and Jehovah's Witnesses, as well as non-believers.〔http://www.portal-credo.ru/site/print.php?act=fresh&id=188 Александр Крылов. ЕДИНАЯ ВЕРА АБХАЗСКИХ "ХРИСТИАН" И "МУСУЛЬМАН". Особенности религиозного сознания в современной Абхазии.〕 The Jehovah's Witnesses organization has officially been banned since 1995, though the decree is not currently enforced.〔(Georgia: International Religious Freedom Report 2005. ) The United States Department of State. Retrieved on May 24, 2007.〕 According to the constitutions of both Abkhazia and Georgia, the adherents of all religions have equal rights before the law.〔http://dp.abhazia.com/konstitut.html Constitution of the Republic of Abkhazia, art. 12 〕〔''Крылов А. Б.'' (Секрет абхазской веротерпимости. ) НГ-религия от 17 марта 2004.〕 ==Christianity== According to a survey held in 2003, 60% of respondents identified themselves as Christian.〔 The two main churches active in Abkhazia are the Abkhazian Orthodox Church and the Armenian Apostolic Church. There are approximately 140 church buildings in Abkhazia, most of which date from the first millennium. The Abkhazian Orthodox Church operates outside the official Eastern Orthodox ecclesiastical hierarchy, as all Eastern Orthodox churches recognise Abkhazia as belonging to the jurisdiction of the Georgian Orthodox church.〔Witness through troubled times : a history of the Orthodox Church of Georgia, 1811 to the present, Abashidze, Zaza.〕〔A long walk to church: a contemporary history of Russian Orthodoxy, 2nd ed, Davis, Nathaniel〕 The Georgian Orthodox Church lost effective control over the ''Sukhumi-Abkhazian eparchy'' following the 1992-1993 war in Abkhazia, when ethnically Georgian priests had to flee Abkhazia. It maintains its structures in exile, where the current head is Archbishop Daniel.〔(Autocephalous Orthodox Churches centered at Constantinople )〕 The Abkhazian Orthodox Church came into existence when the ethnically Abkhaz branch of the Sukhumi-Abkhazian Eparchy declared on 15 September 2009 that it no longer considered itself part of the Georgian Orthodox Church and that it was re-establishing the Catholicate of Abkhazia disbanded in 1795. The Georgian Orthodox Church has accused the Russian Orthodox Church of interfering in its internal affairs, thereby violating Orthodox canon law, by training and sending into Abkhazia priests,〔 publishing translations of the Gospels into the Abkhaz language and annexing Georgian Orthodox property in Abkhazia.〔(The Georgian Times on the Web: Comprehensive news site, daily international, national and local news coverage , breaking news updates, sports, reviews )〕 The Russian Orthodox Church claims that the priests it has sent serve in Abkhazia only temporarily while the local Orthodox believers do not have contacts with the Georgian Orthodox Church.〔 May 15, 2011 at the National Assembly of the Church in the city of New Athos (Anakopiya), proclaimed the establishment of a new church organization - the Holy Metropolis of Abkhazia.〔http://en.anyha.org/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Religion in Abkhazia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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