The paper presents a historical and theoretical analysis of the issue of local currency (coins and paper money), undertaken in various forms by the Orthodox Christians in the Balkan provinces of the Ottoman Empire (XVII 鈥揦IX centuries). The paper has two main goals. The first is to enrich...
The United States As A Christian Nation Most people believe that the United States was founded as a Christian nation. After all, our money is emblazoned with “In God We Trust,” our Pledge of Allegiance declares that we are “one nation under God,” and in court we swear to “tell the...
By sending the Jews to Israel, we are free to do what we want. Me too… I mean, since I’ve been relentlessly banned by the Jews—me a recognized “Orthodox Christian”—on every venue they run with their overpowering command. Even the big guys get hit. Merely allowing some semblanc...
trade treated imports and exports as barter, so as to dovetail into the U.S. GNP accounting format. Most payments for U.S. oil imports were paid in dollars to the U.S. firms that were supplying the oil (from offshore banking centers in Liberia or ...
The mean age of the respondents was 17.39 (±1.51) years. More than half of the participants, 196 (51.9%) were males. Ethnic wise, the majority participants were Oromo, 366 (96.8%) and religion-wise many of them were Orthodox Christians, 340 (89.9%). Most of the participants were ...
Although Poland is now one of the most religiously and ethnically homogenous countries in Europe with around 90% of the population declaring themselves as Catholics (GUS2014), historically the country has been much more diverse, being home to a significant Jewish and Muslim community. In contrast ...
Once *the* definition of a person,religionlost some of its importance under the Soviet atheist regime.Roman Catholic(~85,9%) practices and holidays are generally considered mainstream, whileRussian Orthodox(~4,6%) is the most visible minority. Interfaith relations are cordial; religious (93,2%)...
Western Europeans see the Orthodox and eastern Christians as satraps and a bunch of smugglers, while the Orthodox regard the Crusaders as barbarian usurpers bent on world conquest. Under an ubiquitous, toxic atmosphere of cognitive dissonance drenched in Russophobia, it's absolutely impossible to hav...
Most Estonians are not religious. Around 16% of the population are Orthodox Christians, and 8% are Lutherans, according to government statistics. Estonia was part of the Soviet Union from 1940 to 1991. Around 27% of the population are Russian speakers. ...
) of different Christian theological “families,” such as Catholics,Calvinists, Lutherans, Anabaptists, and the Orthodox, do not fully agreeor even always converge on their doctrines of the state and society.1Toavoid this trap of even trying to achieve a fully rounded summary ofthe varying ...