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⚫ *Due primarily to ], Christianity has grown in ] from 2.0% in 1945<ref name="Korean Overseas Information Service 1993">Korean Overseas Information Service, ''A Handbook of Korea'' (1993) p, 132</ref> to 29.3% in 2010<ref name="Pew2011">{{cite web |date=December 19, 2011 |title=Global Christianity: Regional Distribution of Christians |url=http://www.pewforum.org/2011/12/19/global-christianity-regions/ |publisher=Pew Research Center |access-date=August 11, 2013}}</ref>
⚫ | data2 = '''There are approximately 2.7 million conversions to Christianity''' every year, according to the ].<ref>{{cite book |date=February 15, 2001 |editor1=David B. Barrett |editor2=George Thomas Kurian |editor3=Todd M. Johnson |title=World Christian Encyclopedia p.360|publisher=Oxford University Press USA |isbn=0195079639 }}</ref>
⚫ *Due primarily to ], Christianity has grown in ] from 2.0% in 1945<ref name="Korean Overseas Information Service 1993">Korean Overseas Information Service, ''A Handbook of Korea'' (1993) p, 132</ref> to 29.3% in 2010<ref name="Pew2011">{{cite web |date=December 19, 2011 |title=Global Christianity: Regional Distribution of Christians |url=http://www.pewforum.org/2011/12/19/global-christianity-regions/ |publisher=Pew Research Center |access-date=August 11, 2013}}</ref>
*] continues to experience steady growth as a result of ] in ],<ref name="Korean Overseas Information Service 1993"/><ref name="TIME 2001">{{cite news|url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,156277,00.html|title=The Battle for Latin America's Soul|date=24 June 2001|work=TIME.com|access-date=14 February 2015|first=Richard N.|last=Ostling}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10776023/China-on-course-to-become-worlds-most-Christian-nation-within-15-years.html|title=China on course to become 'world's most Christian nation' within 15 years|first=Tom|last=Phillips|date=19 April 2014|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/china-protestantisms-simplicity-yields-more-converts-catholicism-213465|title=In China, Protestantism's Simplicity Yields More Converts Than Catholicism|date=28 March 2012|work=International Business Times|access-date=14 February 2015}}</ref><ref>Miller, 2006. pp. 185-186</ref> ],<ref name="TIME 2001"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2012/03/201232593459332334.html|title=Evangelicals rise in Latin America|author=Chris Arsenault|access-date=14 February 2015}}</ref><ref name="Religion in Latin America">{{cite web|title=Religion in Latin America, Widespread Change in a Historically Catholic Region|url=http://www.pewforum.org/2014/11/13/religion-in-latin-america/#|website=pewforum.org|publisher=Pew Research Center, November 13, 2014|access-date=March 4, 2015}}</ref> the ],<ref name="Believers in Christ from a Muslim Background">{{cite journal|url=https://www.academia.edu/16338087/Believers_in_Christ_from_a_Muslim_Background_A_Global_Census|title=Believers in Christ from a Muslim Background: A Global Census|first=Duane A|last=Miller}}</ref> and ]. *] continues to experience steady growth as a result of ] in ],<ref name="Korean Overseas Information Service 1993"/><ref name="TIME 2001">{{cite news|url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,156277,00.html|title=The Battle for Latin America's Soul|date=24 June 2001|work=TIME.com|access-date=14 February 2015|first=Richard N.|last=Ostling}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10776023/China-on-course-to-become-worlds-most-Christian-nation-within-15-years.html|title=China on course to become 'world's most Christian nation' within 15 years|first=Tom|last=Phillips|date=19 April 2014|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/china-protestantisms-simplicity-yields-more-converts-catholicism-213465|title=In China, Protestantism's Simplicity Yields More Converts Than Catholicism|date=28 March 2012|work=International Business Times|access-date=14 February 2015}}</ref><ref>Miller, 2006. pp. 185-186</ref> ],<ref name="TIME 2001"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2012/03/201232593459332334.html|title=Evangelicals rise in Latin America|author=Chris Arsenault|access-date=14 February 2015}}</ref><ref name="Religion in Latin America">{{cite web|title=Religion in Latin America, Widespread Change in a Historically Catholic Region|url=http://www.pewforum.org/2014/11/13/religion-in-latin-america/#|website=pewforum.org|publisher=Pew Research Center, November 13, 2014|access-date=March 4, 2015}}</ref> the ],<ref name="Believers in Christ from a Muslim Background">{{cite journal|url=https://www.academia.edu/16338087/Believers_in_Christ_from_a_Muslim_Background_A_Global_Census|title=Believers in Christ from a Muslim Background: A Global Census|first=Duane A|last=Miller}}</ref> and ].
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== Druze faith == == Druze faith ==
* Abi-Lamma clan&nbsp;— prominent noble ]ine family and clan, converted from the Druze faith to Christianity.<ref name="ÁgostonMasters2009">{{cite book|author1=Gábor Ágoston|author2=Bruce Alan Masters|title=Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QjzYdCxumFcC&pg=PA530|access-date=2013-05-25|date=2009-01-01|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-1-4381-1025-7|page=530}}</ref> * Abi-Lamma clan&nbsp;— prominent noble ]ine family and clan, converted from the Druze faith to Christianity.<ref name="ÁgostonMasters2009">{{cite book|author1=Gábor Ágoston|author2=Bruce Alan Masters|title=Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QjzYdCxumFcC&pg=PA530|access-date=2013-05-25|date=2009-01-01|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-1-4381-1025-7|page=530}}</ref>
* ] family&nbsp;— prominent noble ]ine family and clan based in ], they converted to the ].<ref></ref> * ] family&nbsp;— prominent noble ]ine family and clan based in ], they converted to the ].<ref></ref>
* ]&nbsp;— ] for almost seven years from 1982-1989—longer than anyone has ever served in that position, she is from ] ] background, and converted to ].<ref>{{cite web|title=Council of American Ambassdors|url=http://www.americanambassadors.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=members.view&memberid=170|access-date=3 May 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311011000/http://www.americanambassadors.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=members.view&memberid=170|archive-date=11 March 2012}}</ref> * ]&nbsp;— ] for almost seven years from 1982-1989—longer than anyone has ever served in that position, she is from ] ] background, and converted to ].<ref>{{cite web|title=Council of American Ambassdors|url=http://www.americanambassadors.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=members.view&memberid=170|access-date=3 May 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311011000/http://www.americanambassadors.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=members.view&memberid=170|archive-date=11 March 2012}}</ref>
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*]&nbsp;— ] and ] of the ]<ref name="Holweck">Holweck, F. G. "A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints". St. Louis, Missouri: B. Herder Book Co., 1924.</ref> *]&nbsp;— ] and ] of the ]<ref name="Holweck">Holweck, F. G. "A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints". St. Louis, Missouri: B. Herder Book Co., 1924.</ref>
*]&nbsp;— was originally a ] soldier in the ], later converted to ].{{sfn|Payne|2015|p=195}} *]&nbsp;— was originally a ] soldier in the ], later converted to ].{{sfn|Payne|2015|p=195}}
*]&nbsp;— was ] and Patriarch of the ] from 457 to 484, during the reign of the ] King ].{{sfn|Wigram|1910|p=151}} *]&nbsp;— was ] and Patriarch of the ] from 457 to 484, during the reign of the ] King ].{{sfn|Wigram|1910|p=151}}
*]&nbsp;— was a rich, noble citizen from ], who founded a monastery nearby.<ref name="lives">{{cite web | last =Butler | first =Alban | author-link =Alban Butler | title =April 10.—ST. BADEMUS, Martyr. | work =Lives of the Saints | publisher = sacred-texts.com (]) | year =1894 | url =http://www.sacred-texts.com/chr/lots/lots118.htm | access-date =2007-07-23}}</ref> *]&nbsp;— was a rich, noble citizen from ], who founded a monastery nearby.<ref name="lives">{{cite web | last =Butler | first =Alban | author-link =Alban Butler | title =April 10.—ST. BADEMUS, Martyr. | work =Lives of the Saints | publisher = sacred-texts.com (]) | year =1894 | url =http://www.sacred-texts.com/chr/lots/lots118.htm | access-date =2007-07-23}}</ref>
*]&nbsp;— were 4th-century Christians who suffered martyrdom during the reign of ].{{sfnp|Rassam|2005|pp=31-32}} *]&nbsp;— were 4th-century Christians who suffered martyrdom during the reign of ].{{sfnp|Rassam|2005|pp=31-32}}
*]&nbsp;— was a ]n noblewoman and ].<ref name=JMF1>], ''Saints Syriaques'' (Darwin Press, 2004), pp. 59–60.</ref> *]&nbsp;— was a ]n noblewoman and ].<ref name=JMF1>], ''Saints Syriaques'' (Darwin Press, 2004), pp. 59–60.</ref>
*]&nbsp;— was a ] philanthropist, businessman and accountant, he converted from Zoroastrianism to Christianity in the early 1960s.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Holloway|first=Richard|date=2003-01-02|title=Obituary: Nadir Dinshaw|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/jan/02/guardianobituaries.obituaries|access-date=2020-10-29|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> *]&nbsp;— was a ] philanthropist, businessman and accountant, he converted from Zoroastrianism to Christianity in the early 1960s.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Holloway|first=Richard|date=2003-01-02|title=Obituary: Nadir Dinshaw|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/jan/02/guardianobituaries.obituaries|access-date=2020-10-29|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
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*]&nbsp;— was the prince of ] from 637 to 680, hailing from the region of ]. *]&nbsp;— was the prince of ] from 637 to 680, hailing from the region of ].
*]&nbsp;— was an 8th-century ] writer, ascetic and mystic.<ref name=GEDSH>{{citation|author=Robert A. Kitchen|title=Yawsep Ḥazzaya|encyclopedia=Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage|editor1=]|editor2=Aaron M. Butts|editor3=]|editor4=Lucas Van Rompay|url=https://gedsh.bethmardutho.org/Yawsep-Hazzaya|year=2011|publisher=Gorgias Press}}.</ref> *]&nbsp;— was an 8th-century ] writer, ascetic and mystic.<ref name=GEDSH>{{citation|author=Robert A. Kitchen|title=Yawsep Ḥazzaya|encyclopedia=Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage|editor1=]|editor2=Aaron M. Butts|editor3=]|editor4=Lucas Van Rompay|url=https://gedsh.bethmardutho.org/Yawsep-Hazzaya|year=2011|publisher=Gorgias Press}}.</ref>
*]&nbsp;— was the ] in ] from before 315 until his martyrdom in 340 or 341.{{sfn|Wood|2013|p=266}} *]&nbsp;— was the ] in ] from before 315 until his martyrdom in 340 or 341.{{sfn|Wood|2013|p=266}}
*]&nbsp;— was a king of ] or ].<ref name="Thomson">Thomson, Robert W. (1996), ''Rewriting Caucasian History'', pp. 83-90. ], {{ISBN|0-19-826373-2}}</ref> *]&nbsp;— was a king of ] or ].<ref name="Thomson">Thomson, Robert W. (1996), ''Rewriting Caucasian History'', pp. 83-90. ], {{ISBN|0-19-826373-2}}</ref>
*]&nbsp;— was a 7th-century ] officer.<ref>Kaegi (2003), pp. 188–189, 206</ref> *]&nbsp;— was a 7th-century ] officer.<ref>Kaegi (2003), pp. 188–189, 206</ref>
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*]&nbsp;— was an ] king who controlled ] in the fourth century AD.<ref name="Radner2015">{{cite book|author=Karen Radner|author-link = Karen Radner|title=Ancient Assyria: A Very Short Introduction|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=urtpBgAAQBAJ|date=1 March 2015|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-871590-0|page=7}}</ref> *]&nbsp;— was an ] king who controlled ] in the fourth century AD.<ref name="Radner2015">{{cite book|author=Karen Radner|author-link = Karen Radner|title=Ancient Assyria: A Very Short Introduction|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=urtpBgAAQBAJ|date=1 March 2015|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-871590-0|page=7}}</ref>
*]&nbsp;— was the daughter of Pholar, the Prince of Dorsas. *]&nbsp;— was the daughter of Pholar, the Prince of Dorsas.
*]&nbsp;— was an ] commander of the ] who converted to ].{{sfn|Venetis|2005}} *]&nbsp;— was an ] commander of the ] who converted to ].{{sfn|Venetis|2005}}
*]&nbsp;— he proclaimed ] as the ] of Armenia in 301, making the Armenian kingdom the first state to embrace Christianity officially.<ref>Binns, John. ''An Introduction to the Christian Orthodox Churches''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002, p. 30. {{ISBN|0-521-66738-0}}.</ref> *]&nbsp;— he proclaimed ] as the ] of Armenia in 301, making the Armenian kingdom the first state to embrace Christianity officially.<ref>Binns, John. ''An Introduction to the Christian Orthodox Churches''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002, p. 30. {{ISBN|0-521-66738-0}}.</ref>
*]&nbsp;— was an influential ] aristocrat.{{sfn|Morony|2005|p=171}} *]&nbsp;— was an influential ] aristocrat.{{sfn|Morony|2005|p=171}}
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* ]&nbsp;— ] of ] from 1998 to 2003, and the 2000 ] recipient.<ref name="Catholic News Agency">{{cite web |url=http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/john_paul_iis_appeal_saved_future_korean_president_from_death_sentence/ |title=John Paul II's appeal saved future Korean president from death sentence |date=21 May 2009 |publisher=Catholic News Agency |access-date=25 June 2012}}</ref> * ]&nbsp;— ] of ] from 1998 to 2003, and the 2000 ] recipient.<ref name="Catholic News Agency">{{cite web |url=http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/john_paul_iis_appeal_saved_future_korean_president_from_death_sentence/ |title=John Paul II's appeal saved future Korean president from death sentence |date=21 May 2009 |publisher=Catholic News Agency |access-date=25 June 2012}}</ref>
* ]&nbsp;— popular recording artist in the 1940s and 1950s<ref> By Richard J. Mouw, Mark A. Noll (Accessed 14 June 2007)</ref> * ]&nbsp;— popular recording artist in the 1940s and 1950s<ref> By Richard J. Mouw, Mark A. Noll (Accessed 14 June 2007)</ref>
* ] (1912-1977)&nbsp;— German aerospace engineer and space architect considered a "father of rocket science". ] occurred in 1946 after he visited a church in Texas.<ref name="Rocket Man">Mallon, Thomas (October 22, 2007) , '']'', Access date: January 8, 2015.</ref> * ] (1912-1977)&nbsp;— German aerospace engineer and space architect considered a "father of rocket science". ] occurred in 1946 after he visited a church in Texas.<ref name="Rocket Man">Mallon, Thomas (October 22, 2007) , '']'', Access date: January 8, 2015.</ref>
* ] (1923-2015)&nbsp;— ]<ref>"In the winter of 1959 experienced a conversion to Christian faith which had been preceded by a kind of intellectual conversion while he was working on his first book." </ref> * ] (1923-2015)&nbsp;— ]<ref>"In the winter of 1959 experienced a conversion to Christian faith which had been preceded by a kind of intellectual conversion while he was working on his first book." </ref>
* ]&nbsp;— Nigerian funk musician. * ]&nbsp;— Nigerian funk musician.

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Converts to Christianity
Total population
There are approximately 2.7 million conversions to Christianity every year, according to the World Christian Encyclopedia.

The following is a list of notable people who converted to Christianity from a different religion or no religion. This article addresses only past voluntary professions of faith by the individuals listed, and is not intended to address ethnic, cultural, or other considerations such as Marriage. Certain people listed here may be lapsed or former converts, or their current religious identity may be ambiguous, uncertain or disputed. Such cases are noted in their list entries.

From major religions

Baha'i Faith

Cao Dai

Druze faith

Manichaeism

Rastafarian

Zoroastrianism

Yezidism

Satanism

Skepticism

Undetermined

  • Kim Dae-jung — President of South Korea from 1998 to 2003, and the 2000 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
  • Tony Fontane — popular recording artist in the 1940s and 1950s
  • Wernher von Braun (1912-1977) — German aerospace engineer and space architect considered a "father of rocket science". Von Braun's religious conversion occurred in 1946 after he visited a church in Texas.
  • René Girard (1923-2015) — philosophical anthropologist
  • William Onyeabor — Nigerian funk musician.
  • Barbara Jones — Jamaican singer who after becoming a Christian gave up her secular career and released four Gospel albums.
  • Gloria Gaynor — American singer, best known for her disco era hits, notably "I Will Survive". After what she referred to as a sinful lifestyle, and a search in different faiths, she became a Christian and rejected several things from her former musical career.
  • Tony Orlando — American producer who reached fame as the lead singer of the group Tony Orlando and Dawn in the early 1970s. Interviewed on The 700 Club, he explained that he became a Christian in 1978, after life struggles.
  • Lou Gramm — lead singer of 80's band Foreigner. He struggled with sex, drugs and rock n'roll, and in 1992, after having completed a stint in a rehab center, he became a born again Christian. After surviving a brain tumour, he released a Christian rock album The Lou Gram Band (2009).
  • Lord Kenya — pioneer of Ghanaian Hiplife and multiple award-winning musician who in 2010 became a Christian after visiting a Church where he said he had an experience with the Holy Spirit and a warning of repentance. He changed his life direction and became an evangelist under his real name Abraham Philip Akpor Kojo Kenya.
  • Nicko McBrain — drummer of heavy metal band Iron Maiden.
  • Jin Au-Yeung — Chinese-American hip hop rapper, songwriter and actor. Became a born again Christian in 2008.
  • Spencer Chamberlain — lead vocalist of the Christian metalcore band Underoath, was not raised in a religious home.
  • Dave Mustaine — former lead guitarist of Metallica and co-founder and lead guitarist of Megadeth. Though raised as a Jehovah Witness, he left religion early in his youth and later practiced satanism and occult practices. In 2002 he became a born-again Christian.
  • Kunle Ajayi — Nigerian saxophonist and veteran of Gospel music in his country. He became a Christian when he was in High School. Later, along with his musical career, he also became a Pastor.
  • Abraham Laboriel — prominent Mexican bassist who has participated in over 5,000 studio albums along with international musicians. He became a Christian and recorded several Gospel albums and he has continued to play along with Christian and secular musicians.
  • G.E.M. — notable Hong Kong singer who was baptized and became a Christian in 2011.
  • Vanity — former front woman of Vanity 6 who after becoming a Christian renounced her stage name and music and started to preach in different parts of the U.S.

See also

Notes and references

  1. David B. Barrett; George Thomas Kurian; Todd M. Johnson, eds. (February 15, 2001). World Christian Encyclopedia p.360. Oxford University Press USA. ISBN 0195079639.
  2. ^ Korean Overseas Information Service, A Handbook of Korea (1993) p, 132
  3. "Global Christianity: Regional Distribution of Christians". Pew Research Center. December 19, 2011. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
  4. ^ Ostling, Richard N. (24 June 2001). "The Battle for Latin America's Soul". TIME.com. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  5. Phillips, Tom (19 April 2014). "China on course to become 'world's most Christian nation' within 15 years" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  6. "In China, Protestantism's Simplicity Yields More Converts Than Catholicism". International Business Times. 28 March 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  7. Miller, 2006. pp. 185-186
  8. Chris Arsenault. "Evangelicals rise in Latin America". Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  9. "Religion in Latin America, Widespread Change in a Historically Catholic Region". pewforum.org. Pew Research Center, November 13, 2014. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
  10. Miller, Duane A. "Believers in Christ from a Muslim Background: A Global Census". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  11. Bruce 2000.
  12. "Canadian Christianity.com".
  13. Kim Foundation Archived 2007-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
  14. Gábor Ágoston; Bruce Alan Masters (2009-01-01). Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire. Infobase Publishing. p. 530. ISBN 978-1-4381-1025-7. Retrieved 2013-05-25.
  15. Matti Moosa, The Maronites in History, p. 283. Quote
  16. "Council of American Ambassdors". Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  17. Irigaray, Juan I. (2009-09-11). "Mohamed Alí Seineldín, ex militar golpista". El Mundo (Spain). Retrieved 2010-06-17.
  18. ^ Prouty, Nada (2011). Uncompromised: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of an Arab American Patriot in the CIA. Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-230-34124-1.
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  20. "Judy Mowatt Biography". musicianguide.com.
  22. Booth, Martin. Cannabis: A History. pp. 366, 367, 368.
  23. Holweck, F. G. "A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints". St. Louis, Missouri: B. Herder Book Co., 1924.
  24. Payne 2015, p. 195.
  25. Wigram 1910, p. 151. sfn error: no target: CITEREFWigram1910 (help)
  26. Butler, Alban (1894). "April 10.—ST. BADEMUS, Martyr". Lives of the Saints. sacred-texts.com (Benziger Brothers). Retrieved 2007-07-23.
  27. Rassam (2005), pp. 31–32. sfnp error: no target: CITEREFRassam2005 (help)
  28. Jean Maurice Fiey, Saints Syriaques (Darwin Press, 2004), pp. 59–60.
  29. Holloway, Richard (2003-01-02). "Obituary: Nadir Dinshaw". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-10-29.
  30. John Wilson, The Star of Bethlehem and the Magi from the East: A Sermon Preached on the Occasion of the Baptism of a Parsi Youth 31 August, MDCCCLVI, Smith Taylor & Co, Bombay, 2nd ed, 1857
  31. Lang, David Marshall (1976), Lives and Legends of the Georgian Saints, pp. 95-99. Mowbrays: London and New York.
  32. Howard-Johnston 2010. sfn error: no target: CITEREFHoward-Johnston2010 (help)
  33. Michael G. Morony, Iraq after the Muslim Conquest, p. 299
  34. Payne, Richard E. (2015). A State of Mixture: Christians, Zoroastrians, and Iranian Political Culture in Late Antiquity. Univ of California Press. pp. 1–320. ISBN 9780520961531.
  35. "I knew nothing about Jesus Christ earlier: Daisy Irani Shukla". The Christian Messenger. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  36. Jean Maurice Fiey, Saints Syriaques (Darwin Press, 2004), pp. 100–102.
  37. Robert A. Kitchen (2011), "Yawsep Ḥazzaya", in Sebastian P. Brock; Aaron M. Butts; George A. Kiraz; Lucas Van Rompay (eds.), Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, Gorgias Press.
  38. Wood 2013, p. 266. sfn error: no target: CITEREFWood2013 (help)
  39. Thomson, Robert W. (1996), Rewriting Caucasian History, pp. 83-90. Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-826373-2
  40. Kaegi (2003), pp. 188–189, 206
  41. Toumanoff, Cyril (1963). Studies in Christian Caucasian history. Georgetown University Press. pp. 1–599.
  42. Pourshariati, Parvaneh (2008). Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire: The Sasanian-Parthian Confederacy and the Arab Conquest of Iran. London and New York: I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1-84511-645-3.
  43. Machitadze, Archpriest Zakaria (2006), "St. Razhden, Protomartyr of the Georgian Church (†457)", in The Lives of the Georgian Saints Archived 2008-06-14 at the Wayback Machine. pravoslavie.ru. Retrieved on 2011-12-18.
  44. Toumanoff, Cyril (1969). The Chronology of the Early Kings of Iberia. Fordham University Press. p. 28, n. 31.
  45. Wardrop 2006, p. 71. sfn error: no target: CITEREFWardrop2006 (help)
  46. Rapp 2003, p. 218 & 295. sfn error: no target: CITEREFRapp2003 (help)
  47. Karen Radner (1 March 2015). Ancient Assyria: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-19-871590-0.
  48. Venetis 2005. sfn error: no target: CITEREFVenetis2005 (help)
  49. Binns, John. An Introduction to the Christian Orthodox Churches. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002, p. 30. ISBN 0-521-66738-0.
  50. Morony 2005, p. 171. sfn error: no target: CITEREFMorony2005 (help)
  51. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-18. Retrieved 2014-10-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) До 2004 года Зара исповедовала езидизм, затем приняла христианство.
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