Spotlight on Russia. Straddling Europe and Asia, Russia could be considered the most populous Christian-majority country on both continents. But for the purposes of this report, Russia is considered a European nation. Moreover, Russia is home to the largest autocephalous or ecclesiastically independent Eastern Orthodox Church in the world, the Russian Orthodox Church. Byzantine monks first introduced Christianity into Russia in the 9th century. Following his baptism in , Vladimir I, the prince of Kiev, led his people into Christianity.
While Orthodox Christianity is still the dominant religion in Russia, other Christian traditions have grown in recent decades. Outside of the Orthodox Church, Protestants constitute the largest Christian group, with nearly 3 million adherents. A large segment of the Russian population does not identify as Christian, including many who are unaffiliated with any particular religion.
According to a Pew Forum report, Russia has the largest Muslim population in Europe in absolute numbers. Johnson and Kenneth R. Sub-Saharan Africa has more than million Christians, which makes it the region with the third-largest number of Christians worldwide.
Spotlight on Nigeria. There are more Christians in Nigeria than in any single nation in traditionally Christian Western Europe. Because the proportion of Muslims and Christians in Nigeria is a sensitive political issue, the national census has not asked questions about religion since By , the percentage of the population that belonged to other religions had declined by 15 points, nearly matching the During this same period, the percentage of Muslims increased by less than 2 points.
It includes nearly 60 million Protestants broadly defined , about 20 million Catholics and more than , other Christians. Ethiopia has had a significant Christian presence since the establishment of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in the early 4th century. Muslims constitute the largest non- Christian group, accounting for about a third of the population. The Ethiopian Orthodox Church remained under the oversight of Egyptian Orthodox bishops of the Coptic Church until , when it came under an Ethiopian patriarch.
Like the Coptic Church and other Oriental Orthodox churches, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church teaches that Christ has one indivisible nature rather than two separate natures, divine and human see Defining Christian Traditions on page Spotlight on China. In the Asia-Pacific region, only the Philippines has a larger Christian population.
See Living as Majorities and Minorities. As recently as three decades ago, few researchers even within mainland China knew whether religion had survived the Cultural Revolution initiated by Chairman Mao Zedong.
It is clear now, however, that religion not only survived but that hundreds of millions of Chinese today have some religious faith, including tens of millions of Christians.
Visible in nearly every major Chinese city are the steeples of churches affiliated with one of the two state-approved and state-regulated Christian associations: the Protestant Three-Self Patriotic Movement and the Patriotic Catholic Association.
Both associations operate their own seminaries, employ thousands of clergy and are served by the Amity Printing Company in Nanjing, which prints more than 10 million Bibles annually. Despite these visible manifestations of Chinese Christianity, there are significant challenges in estimating its actual size. A further complication is that a substantial number of Christians worship in independent, unregistered churches. These churches do not have legal status because they have not affiliated with one of the two officially approved associations.
Crucifixion is a form of execution that was practiced by the ancient Roman empire; the person to be killed is attached often nailed to a cross and left to die. A cross is a common symbol of Christianity.
The Cross may be shown as a simple shape, or may be shown with a likeness of Jesus Christ attached to it. A Christian cross with a likeness of Jesus attached is called a crucifix. These three are nonetheless considered to be one God.
The Old Testament comes from the Jewish tradition, and tells the story of God's love for the Jewish people. One of the major holidays of Christianity is Christmas, which celebrates the birth of Christ. It is on December 25, and is usually celebrated with presents and family gatherings. This religion was founded when Jesus Christ began to preach of heaven at the age of Of its over 1. Other nations with high percentages of Christians concerning total population include:.
Most Christian Countries World Population by Religion Approximately 2. India stands out as a huge Hindu bloc dark orange. Buddhism light orange is the majority religion in South East Asia and Japan. The Americas are mostly solidly Christian. Which is the least Christian country in the Americas?
The answer may surprise you. Other countries with a lot of 'grey' in their pies include Canada, Cuba, Argentina and Chile. All belief systems represented on the scale below are present in the US and Canada. The second-biggest religious affiliation in Europe isn't Islam, but 'none'. Islam represents a significant slice and a large absolute number in France, Germany and the UK, and is stronger in the Balkans: The majority in Albania, almost half in Bosnia and around a quarter in Serbia although that probably indicates the de facto independent province of Kosovo.
The map of Africa and is dominated by the world's two largest religions. Strictly Islamic Saudi Arabia, but also some of its neighbors in the Gulf, have significant non-Muslim populations — virtually all guest workers and ex-pats. Nigeria, due to its large population and even split between Islam and Christianity, has more Muslims and more Christians than most other African nations. Have you read? Religion holds women back. Or does it?
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