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Contents. Christianity. Christianity ( / krɪstʃiˈænɪti, krɪstiˈænɪti /) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. It is the world's largest and most widespread religion with roughly 2.4 billion followers, comprising around 31.2% of the world population. [8]
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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.
Christianity remained a Jewish sect for centuries in some locations, diverging gradually from Judaism over doctrinal, social and historical differences. In spite of persecution in the Roman Empire, the faith spread as a grassrootsmovement that became established by the third-century both in and outside the empire.
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Georgia was named among the highest-emigration countries in the world (relative to its population size) in a 2007 World Bank report. Russia received by far most migrants from Georgia. According to United Nations data this totalled to 625 thousand by 2000, which has declined to 450 thousand by 2019. [23]
In 2020, 85.84% of the population adhered to Christianity; 1% were Catholic. This is approximately 37,000 Catholics in Georgia. They are mostly found either in Tbilisi or in the southern region of the country, where exclusively Catholic villages exist.
