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The Church of Greenland, consisting of the Diocese of Greenland is the official Lutheran church in Greenland under the leadership of the Bishop of Greenland, currently Paneeraq Siegstad Munk. The Church of Greenland is semi-independent from the Church of Denmark , however, it is still considered a diocese of the Church of Denmark .
This is an overview of religion by country or territory in 2010 according to a 2012 Pew Research Center report. [1] The article Religious information by country gives information from The World Factbook of the CIA and the U.S. Department of State .
The largest religion in Europe is Christianity. [1] However, irreligion and practical secularisation are also prominent in some countries. [2] [3] In Southeastern Europe, three countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Albania) have Muslim majorities, with Christianity being the second-largest religion in those countries.
The nearest countries to Greenland are Canada, with which it shares a maritime border, to the west and southwest across Nares Strait and Baffin Bay, as well as a shared land border on Hans Island; [83] and Iceland, southeast of Greenland in the Atlantic Ocean.
Religious buildings and structures in Greenland (1 C) Pages in category "Religion in Greenland" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
Smaller religious groups include The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims, Rastafarians, the Salvation Army, and Bahá'ís. Fifteen% do not belong to any religious group. No religious group is a majority in any of the country's six districts. Catholics are found throughout the country.
Trump's suggestions that international borders can be redrawn — by force if necessary — are particularly inflammatory in Europe. His words run contrary to the argument European leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy are trying to impress on Russian President Vladimir Putin .
The degree to which an official national religion is imposed upon citizens by the state in contemporary society varies considerably; from high as in Saudi Arabia and Iran, to none at all as in Greenland, Denmark, England, Iceland, and Greece (in Europe, the state religion might be called in English, the established church).