At least 369 Christian religious institutions function in Kyrgyzstan, Kanybek Osmonaliev, Director of the State Religious Affairs Commission told the news agency 24.kg.Wednesday.
About 46 temples and parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church, a convent, two Old Believers churches, four catholic communities carry out their activities at the territory of the republic. Over 311 protestant institutions, including 49 Baptist sects, 21 Lutheran organizations, 53 Pentecostal objects, 31 Seventh-day Adventists, 33 Presbyterians institutions, 43 objects of Charismatic movement, 41 institutions of Jehovah’s Witnesses, 16 religious protestant organizations and 24 missions of foreign Christian confessions carry on their religious missions in the country.
As to Osmonaliev, 15 protestant educational institutions function in Kyrgyzstan, therewith over 88 percent of Christian institutions and objects lay in the north. “They are situated mainly in economically and socially developed regions, in particular, in Bishkek and Chui region,” head of the state commission said.
Source:24.kg
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