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[[Image:Skhalta.jpg|thumb|right|Skhalta Cathedral]]
In the seventeenth century the Ottoman Empire invaded Adjaria and cut it off from Georgia. For three hundred years Adjaria was under Islamic rule. Many Georgians were [[martyr]]ed by the Turks; the Church comemorates them at [[Pentecost]] under the name “Georgian "Georgian priests and laymen, martyred by the Turks."
After the Russian-Turkish War of 1877-1878, Adjaria was returned to Georgia. At that time nearly no Adjarians were Christians. But eventually Christianity began to revive, especially during the 1990s. By now, most Adjarians are Christians, though Islam is also practiced in the region.