In Beijing, many Russian compatriots, as well as believers from Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Serbia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Poland, Greece, France, Great Britain, Australia and the US are going to Easter procession and night celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the ancient Russian Ecclesiastical Mission building -Red fanza - on the territory of the Russian Embassy in China - in the most numerous parish in China.In Beijing's Catholic Cathedral of the Archangel Michael Orthodox Chinese in Beijing, Harbin and Shanghai celebrate Easter worldly rank - without the participation of a priest, since according to the Chinese law, foreign ministers have limited opportunities to conduct services for Chinese citizens. On Easter service from Shanghai comes Deacon Chinese Independent Church Evangel Lu, who was born and ordained in the Russian Orthodox Mission in Beijing. but even the facts ... According to the first official report of the Communist countries, the number of Christians in China is estimated at 23 million. Despite the fact that this is only 1.8% of the total population, this figure represents 73% of all Chinese believers. These data are contained in the newly published Blue Book on China Religions, composed of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, which is controlled by the Chinese government. The studies indicated a change in the demographics of the church, namely, it has become more young people, intellectuals and professionals in the church in recent years. In accordance with the number of believers and churches on the rise in China, now there are more than 55 thousand. It is also noted that, although the Church has grown, but the Christian community are still on the margins of society. Chinese Academy of Social Sciences said on its website that Christianity mainly attracts people of low social status, poor, women and the elderly.It says that only half of the Christians have primary education, and only 2.6% of them have secondary education or higher. There are various estimates of the total number of Christians in China. When taken into account the number of visiting pets unregistered churches, this number reaches 40-130 million.
