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The term Molokan is an exonym used by their Orthodox neighbors. Members tend to identify themselves as Spiritual Christians ( духовные христиане , dukhovnye khristiane ). The specific beliefs and practices varied sharply between the various sects of Molokans.
Molokan meetinghouse in Tsaghkadzor. Molokans, a Spiritual Christian group originating in Russia, have had a presence in Armenia since the 19th century. Tsarist authorities began resettling Russian sectarians to the Caucasus in 1802, and by the mid 19th century there was a significant Molokan presence in Armenia.
The Constitution as amended in 2005 provides for freedom of religion and the right to practice, choose, or change religious belief. It recognizes "the exclusive mission of the Armenian Church as a national church in the spiritual life, development of the national culture, and preservation of the national identity of the people of Armenia."
Molokan religion is a member of various Spiritual Christian sects evolved from East Christianity. The Molokan church doesn't conform Orthodox church, nor Catholic, nor Protestant. They tend to name themselves as Spiritual Christians. [9] According to their beliefs they: Do not recognize cross and icons
Christianity spread to territory of present-day Azerbaijan in the first years of the new era. The first stage of this period is called the period of Apostles Bartholomew and Thaddeus (same ones who Christianized Armenia), who spread the new religion by the benediction of the first patriarch of Jerusalem Yegub. [citation needed]
He was born in the village of Algasovo, Tambov Governorate, central Russia (c. 1818 – 1822). [1] At the age of eight, according to a letter written by him to his followers, his parents forsook the Orthodox faith Russian Orthodox Church and apparently joined a Spiritual Christian Molokan faith. [2]
There are multiple places where minor ethnicities live in Azerbaijan, such as mountain Jews in Qırmızı Qəsəbə (Red town), Kurds in Sheylanli, the Molokan village of İvanovka, Udi people in Nij and Khinalugs. There are some ethnic minorities like Russians, Lezgians, Tats and Talysh and other minorities that are represented in the National ...
Religion; Judaism: Related ethnic groups ... There is a tiny community of Subbotniks (believed to be a Judaizing community that evolved from the Molokan Spiritual ...