Georgia people religion. Socio cultural transformation and foodways in the republic of georgia 1996. The constitution of georgia provides for the freedom of religion. The likelihood is great that the georgians whose name for themselves is kartveli georgian derived from the persian name for them gorj have always lived in this region known to them as sakartvelo.
Georgia abkhazia and the russian shadow 1995. Conflict in the caucasus. Their cultural heritage is equally ancient and rich.
Ethnic ga family names surnames such as tagoe dodoo lartey nortey aryee poku lamptey tetteh armah ankrah. After a long period of turkish and persian domination georgia was annexed by the russian empire in the 19th century. The government of the country also generally protects the right of the people to practice their own religions as long as it does not violate public order.
According to a 2014 census 834 of the georgian population identified themselves as eastern orthodox christian 107 muslim 39 armenian apostolic and 05 catholic. Georgia georgia people. Religion in georgia 520 of the people in georgia are religious.
Religion has always played an important role in georgia history and continues to be a significant aspect of many georgians lives. Georgia gender and religion statistics. The median age in georgia is 362 years of age with a gender difference of 513 females and 487 males across the state.
During the medieval period a powerful georgian kingdom existed reaching its height between the 10th and 13th centuries. 100 are baptist 10 are episcopalian 98 are catholic 04 are lutheran 58 are methodist 20 are pentecostal 32 are presbyterian 04 are church of jesus christ 116 are another christian faith 10 are judaism 10 are an eastern faith. Religious freedom and tolerance in georgia.
Orthodox churches serving other non georgian ethnic groups such as. 210 are baptist 07 are episcopalian 65 are catholic 05 are lutheran 83 are methodist 31 are pentecostal 15 are presbyterian 08 are church of jesus christ 82 are another christian faith 04 are judaism 05 are an eastern faith 06. Ethnically contemporary georgia is not homogeneous but reflects the intermixtures and successions of the caucasus region.
In religious terms georgia shows a 79 affiliation with any christian based faith a 3 preference to non christian based faiths and 18 ambivalence or non preference toward. The country has a total area of approximately 25900 square miles 69700 km2 and a population as of 2014 of 37 million people. The society in georgia is usually religiously tolerant.
Two religious leaders who spent time in early colonial georgia shaped religious history including john wesley who founded the methodist movement after serving in georgia and george whitefield the anglican preacher who was one of the leaders of the first. The roots of the georgian people extend deep in history. Religion and nationalism in georgia religion in eastern europe 14 3.