Georgia is a Christian country. Georgian church is called Georgian Orthodox Apostle Church. Patriarch of the Church is Ilia II. Approx. 84% of the population belongs to the autocephalous Georgian Orthodox Apostle Church. In the country are the Muslim inhabitants, Jews, Catholics, evangelists. Everyone can freely practice their own faith. According to tradition, the Christian religion was already preached in the 1st century AD by the Apostles Andreas and Simon, but later in the fourth century by St. Nino from Cappadocia, who came with the cross of vine in the country and is considered to be a convertor of the Georgians to Christianity. It is true that the old Jewish diaspora, based in the capital of Mtskheta, contributed greatly to the Christianization of Georgia, but according to the legend, King Miriani, on his hunting trip, suddenly got surrounded by darkness, the sun was darkened, he was desperate, and found salvation only in praying the God of St. Nino. In 327, Christianity was declared by King Miriani to be the state religion of Iberia.