Is thre a correlation between slavic-atlaic cultures and Orthodox chritsianity?Why?R the slavs-atlaics related

Question

Serbia=Orthdox

Armenia=Orthodox

Russia=Orthodox. etc.etc

What about the Hans.

Answer 1

The dividing line between Eastern Europe and Western Europe is also the dividing line between Catholicism and Orthodoxy. Prior to the Great Schism, all Christianity aligned under the various patriarchs, but they recognized each other's province. After the Schism, the East excommunicated the Bishop of Rome and vice versa. That also meant that all of their followers had to decide between the patriarchs. It was a very serious thing and wasn't a clean break.

For the Slavs, in particular, it was very traumatic and made for some interesting hybrids. The Ruthenian Church developed under the patriarch of Rome, but following the Eastern traditions. The Maronites in the Middle East developed the same way.  In the Ukraine, it was even harder. There are quite a few hybrids to appease the political winds and still remain Christian. They actually broke off from the prevailing Eastern patriarch and created their own patriarchy.

I'm not sure who you mean by "the Hans", but look at the map and you can figure it out. If they're on the line between Central and Eastern Europe, they had to take sides. A quick scan at an atlas will tell you how they fell.

The Schism between East and West was a cause in many, many wars, genocidal acts and ethnic cleansing. After almost 800 years it still hasn't healed. They've lifted their mutual excommunications, but while Catholics will allow the Orthodox to receive communion in a Catholic church, the Orthodox won't reciprocate. There's a lot of healing left amongst the apostolic churches.

Answer 2

Armenians are neither Slavic nor Altaic, and they technically call their church  the Armenian Apostolic Church, which predates both Roman and Byzantine Christianity.

Altaic refers to Turks and Turkic cultures, who are mostly muslims. Huns (if that was what you were trying to say) might fall into that category, but are orthodox for the same reason the others are (regional influence).

The Orthodox modifier comes from the Byzantine Church, which the Greek, Russian and Serbian derive from, who ruled the eastern half of Europe while the Roman Catholic church ruled the western half.