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.

Christianization

Orthodoxy

Catholicism

States

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

See also

• Orthodox Europe
• Catholic Europe
• Germanic Christianity

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.