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into secular buildings. This history of repression encouraged the incorporation of religious identity into the strong nationalist movement and the quest of
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582:. The majority of Georgia's remaining Jews today live in Tbilisi and are served by its two synagogues. Because the size of the community is now so small, and for economic reasons, the two congregations are now housed on two storeys of one of the formerly separate synagogues.
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Christian church in Georgia was crucial to the development of a written language, and most of the earliest written works were religious texts. From the first centuries C.E., the cult of
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Georgia" to register with the government, with a focus on Islam and four other religions. The draft of the law specifically mentions
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Armenian and Latin churches made up around 0.8% of the population and were mainly found in the south of Georgia and a small number in Tbilisi. Protestants also made up less than 1%. There was also a sizeable
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concentrated in their respective autonomous republics. The Armenian Apostolic Church, whose doctrine differs in some ways from that of Georgian Orthodoxy, has autocephalous status.
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in 1995. The religion is noted as growing in Georgia.
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92:is the main religion in Georgia. Here, the icon by
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2576:Timeline of Georgian history
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916:Rapp, Stephen H. Jr (2007).
638:Religious freedom in Georgia
478:Timur's invasions of Georgia
306:A page from a rare Georgian
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