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1 day ago · Syriac Orthodox Church in the Middle East and the diaspora, numbering between 150,000 and 200,000 people in their indigenous area of habitation in Syria, Iraq, and Turkey according to estimations. [159] The community formed and developed in the Middle Ages.
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1 day ago · The Catholic branch of Christianity is the most widely professed religion in Spain, with high levels of secularization as of 2022. Freedom of religion is guaranteed by the Spanish Constitution . The Pew Research Center ranked Spain as the 16th out of 34 European countries in levels of religiosity, with 21% of the population declaring they were ...
5 hours ago · The term Abrahamic religions (and its variations) is a collective religious descriptor for elements shared by Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. [9] It features prominently in interfaith dialogue and political discourse, but also has entered Academic discourse. [10] [11] However, the term has also been criticized to be uncritically adapted. [10]
5 hours ago · The name Persia and Iran conjure up different images for many outsiders. Will Durant (1950, p. 136) describes Iran as such: ‘beyond the Euphrates and Tigris, through all the history of Greece and Rome, lays that almost secret empire which for a thousand years had stood off expanding Europe and Asiatic hordes…so proudly maintaining its unique and aristocratic culture…that it would transform the Islamic conquest [652 A.D.] of Iran into a Persian Renaissance’.
1 day ago · The identity of Serbs is rooted in Eastern Orthodoxy and traditions. In the 19th century, the Serbian national identity was manifested, with awareness of history and tradition, medieval heritage, cultural unity, despite living under different empires.
5 hours ago · Buddhism is the majority religion in Bhutan, Myanmar, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Mongolia, and Laos. It is also the most followed religion in certain nations or territories without any majority religion, such as Mainland China, Hong Kong, [6] Macau, [7] Japan, [8] Singapore, [9] Taiwan, Vietnam, [10] and Kalmykia in Russia.
1 day ago · Sakha Republic. / 66.400°N 129.167°E / 66.400; 129.167. Sakha, [a] officially the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), [b] is the largest republic of Russia, located in the Russian Far East, along the Arctic Ocean, with a population of one million. [10] Sakha comprises half of the area of its governing Far Eastern Federal District, and is the ...
