Ancient Religion of Abkhazia
Introduction The ancient Abkhaz religion once flourished across Abkhazia before the times of Christianity and Islam. Although many authors continue to consider this traditional religion as pagan, the Abkhazians are well aware of the negative and degrading nature of this term, thus the vast majority of Abkhazians refuse to label themselves as pagans. It is instead listed as the national monotheistic religion of Abkhazia, or faith of Abkhazia. Today, only approximately 5-7% of