page_title: Religion in Abkhazia
section_title: Judaism
hierarchical_section_title: Religion in Abkhazia / Abrahamic religions / Judaism
caption_attribution_description: English: Sukhumi Synagogue, Abkhazia
context_page_description: Many inhabitants of Abkhazia are Orthodox Christians, with a significant minority adhering to Islam and a growing population adopting Abkhaz neopaganism, or the "Abkhazian traditional religion". The influence of this last has always remained strong and has been experiencing a revival through the 1990s and 2000s.
  There exists a very small number of adherents to Judaism and Jehovah's Witnesses, as well as non-believers. The Jehovah's Witnesses organization has officially been banned since 1995, though the decree is not currently enforced. According to the constitutions of both Abkhazia and Georgia, the adherents of all religions have equal rights before the law.
context_section_description: As of 2012, the Jewish population in Abkhazia is estimated at about 150 and is mostly elderly.
caption: Synagogue in Sukhumi.
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