Slavic Christianity

Slavic Christianity refers to the history of Christianity among the Slavic peoples. The Slavic nations (or ethnic groups) are divided between Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism. The Orthodox Slavs use the Cyrillic script, while the Catholic Slavs use the Latin script. It should be noted that Orthodox Slavs used Slavic language for liturgy from 863, while Catholic Slavs (like other Catholics) - only since the Counter-Reformation.

Christianization

Orthodoxy

Catholicism

States

Belarus, plurality Eastern Orthodox (Russian Orthodox Church), minority Roman Catholic
Bosnia and Herzegovina, predominantly Eastern Orthodox (Serbian Orthodox Church), minority Roman Catholic
Bulgaria, predominantly Eastern Orthodox (Bulgarian Orthodox Church)
Croatia, predominantly Roman Catholic, minority Eastern Orthodox (Serbian Orthodox Church)
Czech Republic, traditionally Roman Catholic, today mostly irreligious
Serbia, predominantly Eastern Orthodox (Serbian Orthodox Church)
Slovakia, predominantly Roman Catholic
Slovenia, predominantly Roman Catholic, minority Eastern Orthodox (Serbian Orthodox Church)
Macedonia, majority Eastern Orthodox (Ohrid Archbishopric), minority Serbian Orthodox Church
Montenegro, predominantly Eastern Orthodox (Serbian Orthodox Church)
Poland, predominantly Roman Catholic, minority Eastern Orthodox (Polish Orthodox Church)
Russia, predominantly Eastern Orthodox (Russian Orthodox Church)
Ukraine, majority Eastern Orthodox (Ukrainian and Russian), minority Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

See also

References

B. Gasparov; Olga Raevsky-Hughes (1995). Christianity and the Eastern Slavs: Slavic cultures in the Middle Ages. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-07945-8.
Thomas John Drobena; Wilma Samuella Kucharek (1979). Heritage of the Slavs: The Christianization of the Slavs and the Great Moravian Empire. Kosovo Publishing Company.
Živković, Tibor (2008). Forging unity: The South Slavs between East and West 550-1150. Belgrade: The Institute of History, Čigoja štampa.

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