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Mainstream Greek religion appears to have developed out of Proto-Indo-European religion and although very little is known about the earliest periods there are suggestive hints that some local elements go back even further than the Bronze Age or Helladic period to the farmers of Neolithic Greece.
Below are lists of religious converts. The term proselyte is often used as a synonym for religious converts, although historically it first referred solely to converts to Judaism . v
This is a list of people noted for having converted to two or more religions or religious movements. Their original religion is mentioned first when applicable. In certain cases the individual considered themselves to be of more than one religion at a time. Nicolas Antoine – Started in Catholicism; conversions to Protestantism and Judaism.
The most significant changes to impact on Greek religion were the importation of foreign deities and the development of new philosophical systems. [4] Older surveys of Hellenistic religion tended to depict the era as one of religious decline, discerning a rise in scepticism , agnosticism and atheism , as well as an increase in superstition ...
A number of Greek atheists exist, not self-identifying as religious. Religion is key part of identity for most Greeks, with 76% of Greeks in a 2015–2017 survey saying that their nationality is defined by Christianity. [3] According to other sources, 81.4% of Greeks identify as Orthodox Christians and 14.7% are atheists. [4] Monastery of Varlaam
Greek Orthodox Church (Greek: Ἑλληνορθόδοξη Ἐκκλησία, Ellinorthódoxi Ekklisía, IPA: [elinorˈθoðoksi ekliˈsia]) is a term that can refer to any one of three classes of Christian churches, each associated in some way with Greek Christianity, Levantine Arabic-speaking Christians or more broadly the rite used in the Eastern Roman Empire.
Another more general name for this religion is Hellenic polytheism or paganism. [4] [5] This term is used most often outside of Greece. Some academics use the term 'ancient Greek religion' as a catch-all term in Greece, in order to differentiate it from the Orthodox religion which is also sometimes presented as the 'national religion'. [6]
Greek religion can refer to several things, including Ancient Greek religion. Greek hero cult; Greco-Roman mysteries; Hellenistic religion; Platonic idealism; Greek Church (disambiguation) Greek Orthodox Church; Greek Catholic Church; Religion in Greece; Hellenism (modern religion)