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A mosque in Tokmok. Islam is the main religion in Kyrgyzstan.. Islam is the main religion in Kyrgyzstan and the constitution guarantees freedom of religion.. Kyrgyzstan is a multicultural and multi-religious country with Islam, Buddhism, BaháΚΌí, Christianity (including Russian Orthodox Church, Roman Catholicism, Seventh-day Adventist Church and Jehovah's Witnesses), Judaism, and other ...
Roman Catholic Church. The Catholic Church has been mentioned in this region since the 14th century, mainly in the territory of today’s Kazakhstan. The Roman Catholic missionaries came to Kyrgyzstan mainly from China, until the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. From 1918 to 1930, the area of Kyrgyzstan came under the parish of Tashkent.
The vast majority of people in Kyrgyzstan are Muslims; as of 2020, 90% of the country's population were followers of Islam. [1][2] Muslims in Kyrgyzstan are generally of the Sunni branch, mostly of the Hanafi school, which entered the region during the eighth century. [3] Most Kyrgyz Muslims practice their religion in a specific way influenced ...
After Kyrgyzstan's independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, the country became part of the Apostolic Administration for Central Asia based in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. [2] In 1997, Pope John Paul II established the sui-juris Catholic Mission for Kyrgyzstan under the care of the Jesuit religious order. [2]
Kyrgyzstan, [a] officially the Kyrgyz Republic, [b] [12] is a landlocked country in eastern Central Asia, lying in the Tian Shan and Pamir mountain ranges. Bishkek is the capital and largest city. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and China to the east and southeast.
Religious organisations based in Kyrgyzstan (1 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Religion in Kyrgyzstan" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
The culture of Kyrgyzstan has a wide mix of ethnic groups and cultures, with the Kyrgyz being the majority group. It is generally considered that there are 40 Kyrgyz clans, symbolized by the 40-rayed yellow sun in the center of the flag. The red lines inside the sun visualise the crown of a yurt, the traditional dwelling of nomadic farmers ...
Buddhism in Kyrgyzstan is not very widespread. Buddhism first reached Central Asia via the Great Silk Road. Archaeologists have found traces of the religion's influence along this ancient trade route, including clay statues of Buddha and stones with Buddhist inscriptions. [1] The most famous Buddhist sites in Kyrgyzstan are the mounds in ...