Religion in Russia

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Religions in Russia are mainly the Christian Orthodox denomination , as well as Islam and other religions and creeds. In the Inter-religious Council of Russia representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church and represented by Muslim, Buddhist and Jewish associations.

Christianity

Russian Orthodox Church

The largest religious community numerically is the Russian Orthodox Church (Patriarchate of Moscow). About 41–79% of the population belong to it (2012/13).

Other Orthodox Communities

There are also some other smaller Orthodox churches and communities, such as the Old Orthodox Churches (1%), as well as several True Orthodox Churches and Catacomb Churches .

Protestant churches

Evangelical churches are the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Russia , several Baptist churches, Pentecostal churches, Seventh-day Adventists and other communities.

Roman Catholic Church

About 1% of the population in Russia belong to the Roman Catholic Church. It is divided into several dioceses.

Islam

Islam is the second largest religion in the Russian Federation. It is common in the North Caucasus and in some areas of Central Asia.

Buddhism

Buddhism is common in some Asian regions, especially Tibetan Buddhism.

Judaism

Around 500,000 Russian citizens are currently part of Judaism. Many emigrated to Western Europe, Israel and the USA since the 1980s.

statistics

The information is based on representative surveys and varies depending on the institute and the type of question. They can only be regarded as approximate values.

Religious community "Sreda"
(2012) 		Levada Center (2012) Academy of Sciences (2013) Federal Protection Service (2013) Federal Protection Service (2016)
Russian Orthodox Church 41 74 79 65.4 64.7
Islam 6.5 7th 4th 7.8 7.2
Buddhism 0.4 <1 <1 0.7 0.6
Protestant churches 0.2 1 <1 oA oA
Roman Catholic Church 0.1 1 <1 0.7 0.5
Old Believers 0.2 0.6 0.4
Judaism 0.1 1 <1 oA oA
Ethnic religions 1.2 0.5 0.4
Other Christian faiths 5.6 oA oA
Other religions 1.6 1.8
Believer without denomination 25th 10 9 8.8 11.9
Atheists 12 5 7th 13.9 12.5

literature

in order of appearance

  • Serge Bolshakoff: Russian nonconformity. The story of "unofficial" religion in Russia . Westminster Press, Philadelphia 1950.
  • Walter Kolarz: Religion in the Soviet Union . St. Martin's Press, New York / Macmillan, London 1961.
  • Norbert Kuchinke: God in Russia . Pattloch, Aschaffenburg 1984, ISBN 3-557-91275-2 .
  • Gerd Stricker: Religion in Russia. Presentation and data on the past and present . Gütersloher Verlagshaus Mohn, Gütersloh 1993, ISBN 3-579-00634-7 .
  • Christoph Gassenschmidt, Ralph Tuchtenhagen (Ed.): Politics and Religion in the Soviet Union, 1917–1941 . Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2001, ISBN 3-447-04440-3 .
  • Kathrin Behrens: The Russian Orthodox Church. Blessing for the "new tsars"? Religion and Politics in Post-Soviet Russia (1991–2000) . Schöningh, Paderborn 2002, ISBN 3-506-70794-9 .
  • Eastern Europe , Vol. 54 (2004), Issue 4, pp. 48–92: Focus on religion and the state in Russia .
  • Juliet Johnson, Marietta Stepaniants, Benjamin Forest: Religion and identity in modern Russia. The revival of Orthodoxy and Islam . Ashgate, Aldershot 2005, ISBN 0-7546-4272-0 .
  • Mark D. Steinberg, Heather J. Coleman (Eds.): Sacred stories. Religion and spirituality in modern Russia . Indiana University Press, Bloomington 2007, ISBN 978-0-253-34747-3
  • Nadeschda Beljakowa: Religious life in today's Russia - ideal and reality . In: East-West. Europäische Perspektiven , Vol. 11 (2010), Issue 1, pp. 54–63 ( online , accessed on March 17, 2020).

Remarks

  1. ^ Mapping Russia's Religious Landscape . Russia and India Report.
  2. ↑ Atlas of Religions and Nationalities (Атлас религий и национальностей России) Survey in 79 out of 83 subjects in the Russian Federation (Russian)
  3. ↑ Survey Levada Center 2012 (Russian)
  4. ↑ Число российских атеистов снизилось на 5 процентов за три года . Российская газета. Russian Academy of Sciences, 2013 (Russian)
  5. ↑ Survey of the FSO znak.com 2016