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Abkhazian religion. But the influence of Christianity and Georgian traditionalfolk believes are clearly evident. The Abkhazian ethnographers ofthe 19 th century: S. Zvanba and N. Janashia straightly, without any kindof implication, write about it.Tendentious and purposeful lie are those theses which try tosplit Georgian-Abkhazian churches and sow hatred among Abkhaziansagainst Georgians. S. Lakoba says as if Georgians “occupied” Abkhazianchurch in the 10 th century. As if, before liturgy was in Abkhazianlanguage. According to A. Krilov there was another reason that Abkhazianalienated from the church. As if, the honest nature of Abkhazianwas unable to get used to the corruption and improper behavior thatwas dominating in the Church of Georgia at the end of the 11 th and thebeginning of the 12 th centuries.45