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Greece / Ελλάδα is a country in Southern Europe.

See Greek -/- Greek language -/- Greek Scholarship -- Greek Scholars -/- Greek Fiction -- Greek Authors

Jews, Christians, and Muslims in Greece

Jews settled in Greece in Hellenistic times and ever since have been a constant presence in Greek society for more than 2000 years. The Greek Jewish community suffered terrible losses during the Holocaust.

Christianity is attested in Greece since the very first decades after the death of Jesus, thanks to the preaching of Paul and John. Christianity soon grew to become the predominant religion and such remained even when Greece was under the rule of the Ottoman Empire, from the mid-15th century to the early 19th century.

Contemporary times

Today, the overwhelming majority of Greeks are Orthodox Christians. The Greek Orthodox Church is recognized by the constitution as the prevailing religion. There are only small groups of Catholics and Protestants.

More significant is the presence of Jews (although the Jewish population has dramatically decreased with the Holocaust) and Muslims (whose numbers have grown as the result of immigration).

External links

Wikipedia (Greece) / Wikipedia (Religion in Greece)

Pages in category "Greece"

The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.

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Authors (Greek)

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Bible Translations into Modern Greek

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Fiction (Greek)

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Qumran Studies in Greece

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-'''Greece''' is a country in Southern Europe.
+'''Greece / Ελλάδα''' is a country in Southern Europe.
+* See [[Greek]] -/- [[Greek language]] -/- [[Greek Scholarship]] -- [[Greek Scholars]] -/- [[Greek Fiction]] -- [[Greek Authors]]
-==Overview==
 ==Jews, Christians, and Muslims in Greece==
-Christianity is attested in Greece since the end of the 1st century CE. Small groups of Jews settled in Albania since the 7th century.
+Jews settled in Greece in Hellenistic times and ever since have been a constant presence in Greek society for more than 2000 years. The Greek Jewish community suffered terrible losses during the Holocaust.
-Islam gradually replaced Christianity as the majority religion, when Greece was under the rule of the Ottoman Empire, from the 15th century to the 19th century.
+Christianity is attested in Greece since the very first decades after the death of Jesus, thanks to the preaching of Paul and John. Christianity soon grew to become the predominant religion and such remained even when Greece was under the rule of the Ottoman Empire, from the mid-15th century to the early 19th century.
 ====Contemporary times====
-Today, after the collapse of the Communist regime which from 1967 to 1991 declared Albania an Atheist state, religious activities have resumed and the new Albanian constitution grants full freedom to all religious communities.
+Today, the overwhelming majority of Greeks are Orthodox Christians. The Greek Orthodox Church is recognized by the constitution as the ''prevailing religion''. There are only small groups of Catholics and Protestants.
-The majority of religious Greeks are either Muslims (mainly Sunni and Bektashi) or Christians (mainly Roman Catholics and Orthodox).
-Albania, which before WW2 had an estimated population of 200 Jews, during the Holocaust became a safe haven for several hundred Jewish refugees from other countries, under the protection of the local population. Today, only a few hundred Jews reside in Tirana, Albania.
-==In Depth==
-*[[Greek Scholarship]] / [[Greek Scholars]] -- survey of works by Greek Scholars / biographies of Greek Scholars
-*[[Greek Fiction]] / [[Greek Authors]] -- survey of works by Greek Authors / biographies of Greek Authors
-See also: [[Greek]] -- [[Greek language]]
+More significant is the presence of Jews (although the Jewish population has dramatically decreased with the Holocaust) and Muslims (whose numbers have grown as the result of immigration).
 ==External links==
-*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece Wikipedia (Albania)] / [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Greece Wikipedia (Religion in Albania)]
+*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece Wikipedia (Greece)] / [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Greece Wikipedia (Religion in Greece)]
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