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Christianity has been in Hong Kong since 1841 when British Empire started to rule Hong Kong. [ 1 ] As of 2022, there were about 1.3 million Christians in Hong Kong (16% of the total population), most of them are Protestant (around 900,000) and Catholic (around 401,000).
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All Catholics in Hong Kong are under the Diocese of Hong Kong, which is a de jure suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Guangzhou. However, in practice it is an immediate subject of the Holy See. There are approximately 395,000 [1] Catholics in Hong Kong – around 5% of the total population – most being Latin Rite Catholics. The majority ...
It is centred on the city of Hong Kong and has jurisdiction over Eastern Orthodox Christians in Hong Kong, Macao, China, Taiwan, Mongolia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Myanmar. Furthermore, it was established in November 1996 by the Holy Great Synod of Constantinople. [1] The incumbent metropolitan is Nektarios Tsilis.
In 1952, the Hong Kong district of the Chongzhen Church registered itself as an independent organisation using its present name with the Government of Hong Kong and had its first post-registration assembly on 1 July 1957. In 1954, TTMHK became a founding member of the Hong Kong Christian Council (HKCC) as part of the Lutheran Church in Hong ...
Chinese folk religion, also named Shenism, was the indigenous religion of the Han Chinese.Its focus is the worship of the shen (神 "expressions", "gods"), that are the generative powers of nature, also including, in the human sphere, ancestors and progenitors of families or lineages, and divine heroes that made a significant imprinting in the history of the Chinese civilisation.
On 27 February 1954, its establishing ceremony was held at Tao Fong Shan, Sha Tin with representatives from all Lutheran congregations in Hong Kong joined in. [1] Originally established with the Chinese Lutheran Church in the 1920s, [1] the Lutheran Theological Seminary and the Lutheran Publishing House became part of the ELCHK.