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Other religions practiced in Poland, by less than 0.1% of the population, include Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, and Buddhism. [13] In the 2021 census, the most common religion was Roman Catholicism, whose followers comprised 71.3% of the population, followed by the Eastern Orthodoxy with 0.4%, Jehovah's Witnesses with 0.3%, and various Protestant ...
The culture of Poland (Polish: Kultura Polski) is the product of its geography and distinct historical evolution, which is closely connected to an intricate thousand-year history. [1] Poland has a Roman Catholic majority, and religion plays an important role in the lives of many Polish people. [2] The unique character of Polish culture ...
The church was established in 1924, to accommodate Orthodox Christians of Polish descent in the eastern part of the country, when Poland regained its independence after the First World War. In total, it has approximately 500,000 adherents (2016). [1] In the Polish census of 2011, 156,000 citizens declared themselves as members.
Combined, these comprise about 10,000 parishes and religious orders. There are 40.55 million registered Catholics [2][3]: 4 (the data includes the number of infants baptized) in Poland. [4] The primate of the Church is Wojciech Polak, Archbishop of Gniezno. In the early 2000s, 99% of all children born in Poland were baptized Catholic. [5]
Poland religion-related lists (1 C, 10 P) M. Modern paganism in Poland (2 C, 2 P) O. Offending religious feelings (3 P) P. Polish people by religion (11 C) R.
Nowadays no more than 400–4,000 Muslims of Tatar origin live in Poland and a much larger and active Tatar community lives in Belarus and also in Lithuania. In 1971 the Muslim Religious Association was reactivated and since 1991 the Society of Muslims in Poland is also active. The following year also the Association of Polish Tatars was restored.
Mieszko I—who was Siemowit's great-grandson, according to Gallus Anonymus—was the first Polish ruler known from contemporaneous sources. [9] In an attempt to enter into an alliance with Boleslaus I, Duke of Bohemia, he decided to marry the Duke's Christian daughter, Dobrava in 964 or 965.
The Christianization of Poland[1] (Polish: chrystianizacja Polski [xrɘs.tja.ɲiˈza.t͡sja ˈpɔl.ski]) [2] refers to the introduction and subsequent spread of Christianity in Poland. [3] The impetus to the process was the Baptism of Poland (Polish: chrzest Polski [ˈxʂɛst ˈpɔl.ski]), the personal baptism of Mieszko I, the first ruler of ...