Orthodoxy: The Most Common Religions In Russia

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In Russia everyone has the right to profess any religion. There are more than 70 religious dominations in Russia. 3 The most common religion in Russia is Christianity in the form of Orthodoxy, having more than 80% of the believers. Christianity in the form of Orthodoxy, share one faith and sacraments, believe that Mother of God was born with regular sins like everyone else, believe that Spirit comes from only the
Father, do not recognize the power of the Pope and go by just the first seven
Ecumenical Councils. 4 The second most common religion is Islam, having more than
10% of the population, living in the Volga and Ural regions, and some in North
Caucasus. 5 Buddhism is known as a traditional religion of Russia, has around 1.5 to 2
million

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