Church of Caucasian Albania
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The Church of Albania or the Albanian Apostolic Church was an ancient, briefly autocephalous church established in the 5th century. In 705, it fell under the religious jurisdiction of the Armenian Apo
Side view of the Church of Kish
Udi church of Nij
Detail from the Udi church in the village of Nij
Objects found on the site of the church dating to the end of 4000 B.C. and beginning of 3000 B.C.
Udi people
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The Udi are a Lezgic people group native to the Caucasus that live mainly in Russia and Azerbaijan, with smaller populations in Georgia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, and other countries. Their total
Church of Caucasian Albania
…village of Sabatlo in Georgia. In the region of Vartashen (Oghuz) there were 13 Miaphysite villages left, much of the Muslim population being Islamized Udi. In 2003, the Albanian-Udi Christian Community based in Nizh was registered in the Azerbaijan State Committee for Religious Organizations. An estimated…
Udi woman as depicted by Max Karl Tilke