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**Q0KmoR8K** · 12-17-2009, 08:05 PM

Has anyone been keeping track of the growth of Protestantism in traditionally Orthodox countries post-communism? It is not just the result of Western colonialism, but of Christians who felt that the Orthodox Church was complicit with the Soviet regime, and that having the church as a state religion was no better for faith.

There's another statistic you ought to consider- the countless Orthodox who were martyred by the Communists. Laymen and laywomen, monks, nuns, priests, bishops... If you weigh the martyrs against the handful who were complicit, the latter are really light as a feather.

12-17-2009, 08:05 PM	#10
Q0KmoR8K Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 427 Senior Member	Has anyone been keeping track of the growth of Protestantism in traditionally Orthodox countries post-communism? It is not just the result of Western colonialism, but of Christians who felt that the Orthodox Church was complicit with the Soviet regime, and that having the church as a state religion was no better for faith. There's another statistic you ought to consider- the countless Orthodox who were martyred by the Communists. Laymen and laywomen, monks, nuns, priests, bishops... If you weigh the martyrs against the handful who were complicit, the latter are really light as a feather.
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