Religious - Christian - Central Asia and Adjacent Areas

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Religions - Christian - Central Asia and Ajacent Areas

CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATIONS, FAITHS, GROUPS, ETC. : Sites for individual Christian church groups (and Pre-Christian) arranged by geographical area or country.

INDEX

Afghanistan	Kyrgyzstan	Turkmenistan
Central Asia (and Asia) in General	Former Manchuria	Uzbekistan
East Turkistan	Mongolia	Uyghuristan
Japan	North Korea	Xinjiang Uyghur
Kazakhstan	Tajikistan	-

Christian Religious Sites for Central Asia (and Asia in General)

Fatimakhon Ahmedova: National Identity in Modern Central Asia: Islamic and Christian Influences.
Central Asia: Religious Laws Curtail Evangelical Christianity.
Bat Ye'or - The Decline of Eastern Christianity under Islam. From Jihad to Dhimmitude: 7th - 20th Century. [Book notice].
The Status of Non-Muslim Minorities Under Islamic Rule.

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(Christian) Religions of Kazakstan and Christian Residents of Kazakstan

Religion and Christianity in General

Kazakhstan: Relgious freedom survey, December 2005. From Forum 18, Oslo, Norway.
Kazakhstan: Religious freedom survey, February 2004. From Forum 18, Oslo, Norway.
Kazakhstan Updates the Law on Religious Freedom.
Central Asia: Religious laws curtail evangelical Christianity. Religious Laws being passed Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and Kyrgyztan will severely curtail the freedom of evangelical Christians.
Central Asia's Great Awakening.
Religions [of Kazakhstan].

Russian Orthodox Church

Moskovskii Patriakhat - Abakansko-Kyzylskaia eparkhiia. Russian Orthodox Church - Moscow Patriarchate in Kazakhstan and Tuva.
Sviato Nikolskii Sobor goroda Almaty, Asanaiskaia i Almatinskaia Eparkhiia Moskovskogo Patriarkha. [St. Nikolski Cathedral, Almaty, Eparchy of Asana/Asanaisk of the Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church].

Roman Catholic Church in Kazakhstan

Credo - The Roman Catholic Apostolic Administration of Kazakhstan. Their Russian language page.
The parish of St. Teresa of the Child Jesus in Pavlodar.

Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

The [Ukrainian] Greek Catholic Church in Kazakstan.

Protestant Churches in Kazakhstan

KAZAKHSTAN: Religious freedom survey, February 2004. From Forum 18.
The Baker Bulletin - Almaty, Kazakhstan - July 2005. [Missionaries representing the Lutheran Church serving in Kazakhstan].

Other Christian Churches in Kazakhstan

KAZAKHSTAN: Religious freedom survey, February 2004. From Forum 18. ["Find" jehovah's witnesses].

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(Christian) Religions of Turkmenistan and Christian Residents of Turkmenistan

Religion and Christianity in General

Sales of Bibles Banned in Turkmenistan.
Turkmenistan - [Twelve articles on Christianity from Christianity Today].
TURKMENISTAN: Protestants threatened, Jehovah's Witnesses interrogated and mosques demolished.

The Russian Orthodox Church or Eastern Orthodoxy in General

Protestant and Other Christian Churches

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(Christian) Religions of Kyrgyzstan and Christian Residents of Kyrgyzstan

Religion and Christianity in General

Gosudarstvennaia komissiia pri pravitestve Kyrgyzskoi respublike po delam religii.
Kyrgyzstan: Religious freedom survey, January 2004. From Forum 18, Oslo, Norway.
Kyrgyzstan - International Religious Freedom Report. (See Section I. Religious Demography).
The Association of Christian Schools of Central Asia (ACSCA).
Commentary: National security suffers if religious freedom attacked. By Aleksandr Lkyushev, Assn. of Relgious Organisations of Kazakhstan. From Forum 18, Oslo, Norway.
Kazakhstan: Crackdown on religion continues. From Forum 18, Oslo, Norway.

The Church of the East or The Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East

Nestorian grave stone Frunze, Kirghistan

The Russian Orthodox Church or Eastern Orthodoxy in General

The Roman Catholic Church in Kyrgyzstan

KYRGYZSTAN: Religious freedom survey, January 2004. From Forum 18. ["Find" catholic church].

Protestant and Other Christian Churches

Sharing God's Word with All His Children While Growing Together in Christ - Bob and Sue Pfeil - Missionaries with Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod to Kyrgyzstan.
Kyrgyzstan: foreign missionaries offer faith and food. - Mormons are only the latest foreign missionaries with plans for Kyrgyzstan - to the dismay of local religious leaders.
Protestants in Kyrgyzstan Face Hostile Reception. And EURASIANET.org Version.
Central Asia: Religious laws curtail evangelical Christianity. Religious Laws being passed Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and Kyrgyztan will severely curtail the freedom of evangelical Christians.
Kazakhstan: Intrusive state registration and massive fine. From Forum 18, Oslo, Norway.
Kazakhstan: "International agreements are nothing to us". From Forum 18, Oslo, Norway.
KYRGYZSTAN: Religious freedom survey, January 2004. From Forum 18. ["Find" jehovah's witnesses].

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(Christian) Religions of Tajikistan and Christian Residents of Tajikistan

Religion and Christianity in General

Tajikistan. [Three articles on Christians in Tajikistan from Christianity Today].

The Russian Orthodox Church or Eastern Orthodoxy in General

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(Christian) Religions of Uzbekistan and Christian Residents of Uzbekistan

Religion and Christianity in General

Uzbekistan: Massive fines and jail proposed for sharing beliefs. From Forum 18, Oslo, Norway.
Uzbekistan: Religious literature censorship tightened. From Forum 18, Oslo, Norway.
FAKEL Union of Penta[e]costal Churches page on Uzbekistan.
Uzbekistan: Harsh Measures Against Protestants in Karakalpakstan.
Uzbekistan: "Lenient" Court Ruling for Protestant Pastor, But Registration No Nearer.
Uzbekistan. [Four articles related to Christians in Uzbekistan from Christianity Today].

The Russian Orthodox Church or Eastern Orthodoxy in General

Other Christian Groups in Uzekbistan

Uzbekistan: Then there was one. (On persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses in Uzbekistan). From Forum 18, Oslo, Norway.
Uzbekistan: Latest official harassment of Protestant students. From Forum 18, Oslo, Norway.

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(Christian) Religions of Afghanistan and Christian Residents of Afghanistan

Religion and Christianity in General

Afghanistan. [Numerous articles related to Christians in Afghanistan from Christianity Today].

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(Christian) Religions of Uyghur or Uighur or Xinjiang Uyghur [Autonomous Region of the Peoples' Republic of China] or Uyghurstan or East Turkistan or Eastern Turkestan or Sherqiy Türkistan

Religion and Christianity in General

Religion.. From www.uygur.org/'s Brief History of the Uyghurs. [Role of Nestorian Christianity omitted in this account].

The Church of the East or The Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East

The Russian Orthodox Church or Eastern Orthodoxy in General

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(Christian) Religions of Mongolia and Christian Residents of Mongolia

Religion and Christianity in General

MONGOLIA: Religious freedom survey, December 2003. From Forum 18.
Mongolia. [Three articles on Christianity from Christianity Today].

The Church of the East or The Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East

The Russian Orthodox Church or Eastern Orthodoxy in General

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(Christian) Religions of Former Manchuria and the Rest of China

Religion and Christianity in General

John of Monte Corvino - A Letter from China. [Written January 8, 1305].
The Church in China. From Nestorian.org.

The Church of the East or The Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East

The Russian Orthodox Church or Eastern Orthodoxy in General

St. Nicholas Lyceum in Harbin, China: 1929-1949: A Photo Montage and Tribute. A Web Page reflecting the role of Russia and Russians in the growth and development of Harbin, Manchuria during the construction of the Chinese Eastern Railway, and also as emigrants after the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution.
Orthodoxy in China. By Avgerinos. From Die Orthodoxe Kirche in China Page.
Orthodox Metropolitanate of Hong Kong and South East Asia. Under the Spiritual Jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.

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(Christian) Religions of North Korea and Christian Residents of North Korea

Religion and Christianity in General

North Korea. [Several articles related to Christians in or from North Korea from Christianity Today].
[North Korea] - Where suffering is a Christian discipline.

The Russian Orthodox Church or Eastern Orthodoxy in General

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(Christian) Religions of Japan and Christian Residents of Japan

Religion and Christianity in General

The Church of the East or The Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East

Assyrian Christianity in Japan.
Syrian Nestorianism in Japan. From Keikyo.com - The Japan Christian Internet Address.
Christians Recall Japan's 'Holocaust' - Prayer effort commemorates 400th anniversary of persecution of Japanese Christians.

The Russian Orthodox Church or Eastern Orthodoxy in General

Podvor'e Russkoi Pravoslavnoi Tservki v Iaponii.
The Orthodox Church in Japan.
Orthodoxy - Pravoslavie. [In Japanese].
Welcome to The Orthodox Church in Nagoya - The Holy Annunciation Church.
Die Orthodoxe Kirche in Japan.

The Roman Catholic Church

Protestant and Other Christian Churches

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Last Updated: September 22, 2006

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