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
Udi woman as depicted by Max Karl Tilke
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
Udi people
…any idea about what the Gospel says... In 2003, the Albanian-Udi Christian Religious Community was founded in Azerbaijan, which seeks to restore the Albanian Apostolic Church as a church independent from the Armenian Apostolic Church. Centuries of life in the Armenian, Iranian, and Turkish spheres influenced their culture…
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.