In iran (persia), christianity dates back to the early years of the religion “it is pleasing to see—for the first time—a secular organization adding its weight to these claims.” Through this time the christian faith has always been followed by a minority of the population of iran under its different state religions
Zoroastrianism in ancient persia, followed by sunni islam in the middle ages after the arab conquest, then shia islam since the safavid conversion of the 15th century. Iranian convert and human rights advocate, mansour borji, said I ran has over 650 churches, 200 fire temples and almost 50 synagogues
Only 6 in 10 iranians surveyed said they were born into a religious family But 6 in 10 also do not say their daily prayers And 7 in 10 do not want legislation based on religion (68%) Before the 1979 islamic revolution in iran, there were only a few hundred […]
Qare church (the monastery of saint thaddeus), which has been added to the unesco’s world heritage sites in 2008, is one of the oldest and probably the most famous church of iran This beautiful church is the most remarkable christian monuments of the country and is located in west azarbaijan province Each year, many christians from. But un special rapporteurs estimated the existence of 250,000 christians in iran in november 2020, and the total is thought to be between 500,000 and 800,000
St simon the zealot, shiraz Additionally, roughly 10,000 of iran’s persecuted christians leave each year due to mistreatment and other challenges Some armenian and assyrian churches are permitted, but they may not conduct services in farsi The official and dominant language of iran
This requirement is intended to effectively squeeze—and shrink—the church In fact, those involved with the “house church” movement in iran are convinced that there are likely several million christian believers there In the past two decades, there have been weekly reports of christians in iran imprisoned for leading house churches or being part of a house church When the iranian revolution of 1979 established a hardline islamic regime, the next 20 years ushered in a wave of persecution that continues today.
List of armenian churches in iran; 2023 annual report, released in february, irgc troops continued to raid house churches, despite a 2021 supreme court ruling that establishing a house church was not a crime. They face many discriminatory legal provisions and are not allowed to worship in persian or interact with christian converts. By far the largest group of christians in iran are armenians under the armenian apostolic church which has between 110,000, [63] 250,000, [64] and 300,000 adherents
[65] there are many hundreds of christian churches in iran, with at least 600 being active serving the nation's christian population Many christians have been living in iran during the history of this country and more than 600 churches exist in iran The history of christianity in this country dates back to early years of faith and more than 600 churches exist in iran. The global church has an immense opportunity to double down and invest in the iranian church through prayer and service
These new christians are hungry to grow in their faith and know christ better The catholic church represents one of the oldest christian communities in iran, even if the catholics in the country are only a small minority As of december 31, 2005, out of 69 million iranians, catholics were 24.565, or 0,035% of the population total Christianization in persia was the work of the eastern church, an autocephalous church and.
Six of every 10 iranians are prepared to become christians, an exiled iranian church leader has claimed. There could be as many as 800,000 christians in iran This confirms the reports of christian research groups like joshua project, which has estimated a 19.6 per cent annual growth rate among evangelical churches in iran