In addition to the mainly Orthodox countries such as Bulgaria , Byzantium and Serbia , there were a number of Catholic possessions to the west and south held Defending by Venice , Genoa and the Kingdom of Hungary as well as Kingdom of Bosnia whose Bosnian Church ( closely related to the Bogomils ) was considered heretic by both Orthodox and Catholics .

In addition to the mainly Orthodox countries such as Bulgaria , Byzantium and Serbia , there were a number of Catholic possessions to the west and south held Defending by Venice , Genoa and the Kingdom of Hungary as well as Kingdom of Bosnia whose Bosnian Church ( closely related to the Bogomils ) was considered heretic by both Orthodox and Catholics .

The first wave of massacres Killing in the town began Process_start on 11 or 12 May 1941 , when a band of Ustaše led by Mirko Puk murdered Killing a group of Serb men and boys in a Serbian Orthodox church before setting Placing it on fire Damaging .

The military 's action was supported Supporting by the Grand Sheikh of Al Azhar Ahmed el-Tayeb , the Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II and opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei .

In an historical rarity , Protestant and Eastern Orthodox leaders , as well as representatives and heads from Judaism , Islam and Buddhism , offered Giving their own memorials and prayers Rite as a way of sympathising with the grief of Catholics .

Also for the first time ever , the head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church , Patriarch Abune Paulos , attended Participation a papal funeral .

The uprising Change_of_leadership reached a climax in Cetinje on 7 January 1919 , the day of Orthodox Christmas .

The uprising Change_of_leadership was named Name_conferral after the Orthodox Christmas of January 7 , 1919 , because it erupted Process_start on the previous day , on Christmas Eve .

It was organized Arranging by Hillel Kook , nephew of the chief rabbi of Mandatory Palestine and head of the Bergson Group , and involved Cause_to_be_included more than 400 rabbis , mostly members of the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada , from New York and cities throughout the Eastern United States .

Many thought the protest would stir up anti-Semitism and claimed Statement that the marchers , many of whom were both Orthodox as well as recent immigrants ( or first-generation Americans ) , were not representative of American Jewry .

The French promoted Cause_to_make_progress the rights of Roman Catholics , while Russia promoted Cause_to_make_progress those of the Eastern Orthodox Church .

Nicholas issued Statement an ultimatum that the Orthodox subjects of the Ottoman Empire be placed Placing under his protection .

Christians there were granted Preventing_or_letting a degree of official equality , and the Orthodox Church regained Recovering control Control of the Christian churches in dispute .

The Kravica massacre was an attack on the Bosnian Serb village of Kravica by the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( ARBiH ) from the Srebrenica enclave on Orthodox Christmas Day , 7 January 1993 .

The attack was organized Arranging to coincide with the Serbian Orthodox Christmas , leaving the Serbs unprepared for any attack .

Following the Slovenian and Croatian secessions from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1991 , the multi-ethnic Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina – which was inhabited Come_together by mainly Muslim Bosniaks ( 44 percent ) , as well as Orthodox Serbs ( 32.5 percent ) and Catholic Croats ( 17 percent ) – passed a referendum Request for independence on 29 February 1992 .

The attacks Attack were blamed Judgment_communication on Salafi Muslims , and the attacks Attack began Process_start when the Muslims attacked Attack the Coptic Orthodox church of Saint Mina , where they alleged Statement a Christian woman was being held Defending against her will because she wanted to convert to Islam .

The attacks Attack resulted in Change the burning Bodily_harm of 3 Coptic Orthodox churches , and the destruction Destroying of many Christian-owned houses and businesses .