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Up to 95% of Armenians follow Christianity. Armenia has its own church, the Armenian Apostolic Church, which most Armenians follow. It was founded in the 1st century AD, and in 301 AD became the first branch of Christianity to become a state religion. The largest religious minority is composed of new converts to Protestant and Non-Trinitarian Christianity which combined total up to 38,949 (1.3%). Due to the country's large ethnic homogeneity, non-Christian religions such as Yazidism and Islam are small, particularly since the Nagorno-Karabakh War. There is a growing ethnic religious ("pagan") movement, Hetanism. ==Religious demography== The country has an area of and a population of 3 million. Approximately 98 percent of the population is ethnic Armenian. As a result of Soviet-era policies, the number of active religious practitioners is relatively low, but the link between Armenian ethnicity and the Armenian Apostolic Church is strong. About 92.5% of citizens belong to the Armenian Apostolic Church, an Eastern Christian denomination in communion with the other Oriental Orthodox Churches. The Armenian Apostolic Church has its spiritual center at the Etchmiadzin Cathedral. The head of the church is Catholicos Karekin II. According to the Census of 2011 the religion in Armenia is the following: Christianity 2,862,366 (94.8%) of whom 2,797,187 Armenian Apostolic (92.5%), 29,280 Evangelical, 13,996 Armenian and Roman (Latin) Catholic, 8,695 Jehovah's Witness, 8,587 Eastern Orthodox (Russian, Ukrainian, Georgian, Greek), 2,874 Molokan (non-Orthodox Russians), 1,733 Assyrian Church of the East (Nestorian), 733 Protestant, 241 Mormon, Yazidism (0.8%), Paganism (0.2%), 812 Islam, 5,299 other religions (0.2%), 121,587 no response (4%). Yazidis are concentrated primarily in agricultural areas around Mount Aragats, northwest of the capital Yerevan, they live in 19 villages in the Aragatsotn Province, 2 villages in the Armavir Province, and 1 village in the Ararat Province. Armenian Catholics live mainly in the northern region, in 7 villages in the Shirak Province and 6 villages in the Lori Province. Most Jews, Mormons, Baha'is, Eastern Orthodox Christians, and Western Catholic (Latin Rite) Christians reside in Yerevan. In Yerevan there is also a small community of Muslims, including Kurds, Iranians, and temporary residents from the Middle East. Molokans live in 10 villages in the Lori Province, 2 villages in the Shirak Province, and 2 villages in the Gegharkunik Province. Foreign missionary groups are active in the country. 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 Armenia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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