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Aug 8, 2011 · Orthodoxy in Sub-Saharan Africa has been a recent development, covering approximately the last one hundred years. While Orthodox Christianity in northern Africa is ancient, its history south of the Sahara Desert is most recent. The Orthodox presence in the south began among Greek immigrants in the early years of the 20th century and remained ...
Jul 5, 2020 · Outline of the history of the Orthodox Church in Africa. The Orthodox Church in Africa traces its origins to St. Mark, who planted the church in the city of Alexandria in AD 42 or thereabouts. Alexandria was a cosmopolitan city, established by Alexander the Great, whose successors established the Ptolemaic dynasty, and ruled Egypt until they ...
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Orthodoxy in Africa is known as, “the faith where they fast on Wednesday and Friday.”. If people know that you are Orthodox, they automatically say, “it’s Wednesday, he’s not eating.”. But if you eat meat or fish on Wednesday or Friday, the non- Orthodox will say, “He’s not Orthodox, he’s a liar.”.
The region produces 49% of the world's diamonds . Sub-Saharan Africa has been the focus of an intense race for oil by the West, China, India, and other emerging economies, even though it holds only 10% of proven oil reserves, less than the Middle East. This race has been referred to as the second Scramble for Africa.
In 2010, Pew estimated that there were around 300 million Protestants in Sub Saharan Africa. Other estimates range up to four hundred million. Protestantism is the largest Christian group in Africa, with 35.9% (more than a half) in sub-Saharan Africa. Protestant have grown to 35.9% of the whole population of the continent.
Apr 15, 2010 · The number of Christians has grown even faster, soaring almost 70-fold from about 7 million to 470 million. Sub-Saharan Africa now is home to about one-in-five of all the Christians in the world (21%) and more than one-in-seven of the world’s Muslims (15%). 1. While sub-Saharan Africa has almost twice as many Christians as Muslims, on the ...
Feb 23, 2022 · The oldest DNA from sub-Saharan Africa—the place where the whole human story began—dates back to less than 10,000 years ago. Now a new discovery of the oldest African DNA is pushing back ...
