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my dad posted:I love the double whammy of them wanting a political turn towards Russia, and Russia using them to demonstrate how the West is full of Nazis. Is Greece truly considered "the West" in Russia?
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Torrannor posted:It's part of NATO, so I don't think it's wrong to consider them part of the West? Yes, but a large part of the reason that Russia doesn't consider itself to be "Western" is the fact that they are mostly Orthodox, and that doctrine originated in the greek-speaking Byzantine Empire.
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Jan 18, 2015 14:02
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my dad posted:I'm sorry, what? Well, that's the impression I got. Therefore I assumed that other they wouldn't necessarily consider other Orthodox-majority countries to be "Western" in the cultural sense.
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Jan 18, 2015 14:21
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my dad posted:This couldn't possibly be more wrong. As for why, it would require a huge post, and would lead to a massive derail, so sorry for not giving an explanation. Really? Everything I have read on the subject suggests that Russia became Orthodox because the religion spread from the Byzantine Empire to Kievan Rus through Bulgaria. Wikipedia posted:By the end of the first millennium AD, eastern Slavic lands started to come under the cultural influence of the Eastern Roman Empire. In 863–69, Saint Cyril and Saint Methodius translated parts of the Bible into Old Church Slavonic language for the first time, paving the way for the Christianization of the Slavs. There is evidence that the first Christian bishop was sent to Novgorod from Constantinople either by Patriarch Photius or Patriarch Ignatios, circa 866–67 AD.
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Jan 18, 2015 14:48
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We may be using differing interpretations of what "Western" means. When I say that Russia does not consider itself "Western" I meant that their Orthodoxy is one of the most obvious cultural traits that distinguish them from the Catholic/Protestant "West". I guess they would still consider themselves part of "Christendom", especially when contrasted with non-Christian cultures to their East and South, but that is not quite the same thing as being "Western".
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Jan 18, 2015 14:57
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