Christianity in Turkmenistan

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The Christianity is in Turkmenistan , the religion of a minority.

About 9% of the population of Turkmenistan are Christians .

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Although the country's constitution mentions the term freedom of religion , Bibles are occasionally confiscated. For a long time no other Christian church apart from the Russian Orthodox Church was recognized. Ethnic Turkmen converting to Christianity are facing pressure from the Turkmen authorities. Also Mollas put them under pressure, cases of torture of Christians are also known.

Since 2003, all religious groups have had to register, and unregistered religious activity is illegal.

Denominations

The number of Catholics living in Turkmenistan is very small.

There are ethnic Germans who are practicing Lutherans . The Evangelical Christian Baptist Church of Turkmenistan, the Seventh-day Adventist Church of Turkmenistan, the Christian Church of the Gospel of Turkmenistan ( Pentecostal ), the Church of the Light of the East (Pentecostal Church of Dashoguz), Church of Greater Grace of Turkmenistan, the International The Church of Christ and the New Apostolic Church of Turkmenistan are other Christian minorities.

The Russian Orthodox Church is officially recognized in Turkmenistan and represents the largest religious minority in the country with several percent of the population. They are under the jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox Archbishop in Tashkent , Uzbekistan .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ auswaertiges-amt.de/turkmenistan , Foreign Office - official website. Status: April 2015. Accessed June 14, 2015.
  2. ^ A b Open Doors (Germany): Turkmenistan
  3. ↑ : Betanien - Newsletter ( Memento of the original from February 20, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.betanien.de
  4. ↑ a b c Turkmenistan
  5. ↑ Turkmenistan, Statistics by Diocese, by Catholic Population [Catholic-Hierarchy]
  6. ^ The EFC - Religious Freedom Turkmenistan ( Memento of July 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ Turkmenistan: Orthodox Faith Under Siege