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Added facts about Christianity in Armenia
'''Armenia''' is a small country in [[Caucaus]] region bordered by [[Georgia]], [[Azerbaijan]], [[Turkey]] and [[Iran]]. Although it was part of communist [[USSR]] for decades, the majority of its 3 million people belong to its national church, the [[Armenian Apostolic Church]]. A smaller number of people belong to the [[Armenian Catholic Church]].
A predecessor to Armenia, the [[Kingdom of Armenia]] is the first country to adopt Christianity as its state religion and it did so in 301 AD.
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===Religion===
Prior to the adoption of Christianity as Armenia's state religion in 301 AD, Armenians generally practiced [[Zoroastrianism]] (officially from 331 BC to 301 AD) as well as Armenian Paganism.
As of 2011, Armenia's most celebrated religion is Christianity with 93.6% of Armenians being Christian (only 1% of its population is not part of the Armenian Apostolic Church but is still Christian).
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