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10 hours ago · Many of the most distinguished classical scholars in the Byzantine Empire held high office in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Protestantism has had an important influence on science, according to the Merton Thesis , there was a positive correlation between the rise of English Puritanism and German Pietism on the one hand, and early experimental ...
10 hours ago · Most are native to Egypt, where Egyptians constitute around 99.6% of the population. [34] Approximately 84–90% of the population of Egypt are Muslim adherents and 10–15% are Christian adherents (10–15% Coptic Christian, 1% other Christian Sects (mainly Greek Orthodox )) according to estimates.
Both of my parents are Roman Catholic, but I was baptized in a Ukrainian Catholic church and for most of my life attended a Greek Melkite church. My parents were also married in a Ukrainian catholic church. I have attended Orthodox liturgy from time to time but am clearly not Orthodox.
10 hours ago · European bishops have condemned the recent decision by Turkish authorities to convert the Church of Saint Savior in Chora, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Istanbul, into a mosque, calling it an effort to dilute the historical roots of Christianity in the country. “This step further dilutes the historical roots of the Christian presence in the ...
10 hours ago · Global Christianity. In this section, the author examines the early beginning of the spread of religion and follows it step by step to the present day. He emphasizes the speed with which religion has become global: “After just four centuries, Christianity was… becoming a global faith.” (Jacobsen, 2015, p. 1).
10 hours ago · John B. Lein, a former top-ranking Baltimore County Police official who later served as Greater Baltimore Medical Center’s security chief, died of pneumonia May 2 at Oak Crest Senior Living ...
