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The history of religion in the countries that now comprise Belarus could be only called at best, extremely tumultous. | The history of religion in the countries that now comprise Belarus could be only called at best, extremely tumultous. | ||
Sadly, the history of religions practiced in these areas include persecution, pogroms, forced conversions, exiled and imprisoned practicioners and leadership. Before and during Word War II | Sadly, the history of religions practiced in these areas include a frightful legacy of persecution, pogroms, forced conversions, exiled and imprisoned practicioners and leadership. Before and during Word War II Roman Catholic minorities were slaughtered and the nightmare called the Holocaust decimated Jewish populations. | ||
[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Religie_w_I_Rz-plitej_1750.svg/754px-Religie_w_I_Rz-plitej_1750.svg.png Map of religions in Belarus 1750] | [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Religie_w_I_Rz-plitej_1750.svg/754px-Religie_w_I_Rz-plitej_1750.svg.png Map of religions in Belarus 1750] | ||
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[http://www.catholic.by/2/belarus/church-bel-history.html Roman Catholic Church in Belarus] History and portal to Catholic.by (today's Catholic Church in Belarus) | [http://www.catholic.by/2/belarus/church-bel-history.html Roman Catholic Church in Belarus] History and portal to Catholic.by (today's Catholic Church in Belarus) | ||
===== Greek Catholic ===== | ===== Greek Catholic ===== | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarusian_Greek_Catholic_Church History of the Greek Catholic Church in Belarus] | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarusian_Greek_Catholic_Church History of the Greek Catholic Church in Belarus] | ||
[[Category:Belarus]] [[Category:Countries_in_Europe]] | [[Category:Belarus]] [[Category:Countries_in_Europe]] | ||