WI: Larger Eastern Orthodoxy in the US, with a POD after 1800

lerk

lerk

I suppose the easiest way to increase the numbers of adherents of Eastern Orthodoxy in the US is to somehow have numerous immigrants coming from Slavic nations, along with Greece and from the numerous Christians from the Middle East. Perhaps Russia is hit with a major famine, forcing numerous Russians to flee to America, and the Ottoman Empire is taken over by extremists a lot earlier, forcing its Christian population east of the Bosporus to flee to the United States. Yet the amount of Orthodox immigrants will most likely not be as large as the amount of Catholic immigrants which will come from Ireland, Italy, Poland, and Germany, meaning that Eastern Orthodoxy probably won't be as large as Roman Catholicism in the United States.

What will be the impact on American culture with a larger Orthodox influence? How will Orthodox Christians get along with Protestants and Catholics?
 
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Minuteman said:
I suppose the easiest way to increase the numbers of adherents of Eastern Orthodoxy in the US is to somehow have numerous immigrants coming from Slavic nations, along with Greece and from the numerous Christians from the Middle East. Perhaps Russia is hit with a major famine, forcing numerous Russians to flee to America, and the Ottoman Empire is taken over by extremists a lot earlier, forcing its Christian population east of the Bosporus to flee to the United States. Yet the amount of Orthodox immigrants will most likely not be as large as the amount of Catholic immigrants which will come from Ireland, Italy, Poland, and Germany, meaning that Eastern Orthodoxy probably won't be as large as Roman Catholicism in the United States.

What will be the impact on American culture with a larger Orthodox influence? How will Orthodox Christians get along with Protestants and Catholics?
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Post-1800 is not possible for the Ottomans to force Christians to leave as 1). Russia has protection rights ever since 1774, meaning that any of those actions could and would lead to war after 1815 and 2). Even if that werw to happen, a decent sum of people would either leave for neighbouring Austria, Romania or Russia or just convert to Islam to avoid leaving their home.

My 2 cents... Ottoman Empire retains the Balkans, 1830's Greece + Serbia + Montenegro. By 1840 they use military service for all the populace which triggers the Christian Population to migrate in bigger numbers. The problem is them to avoid going to South America in larger numbers.

Austria can also enforce policies that aren't really supported and lead to the migration of Romanians, Serbs and Ukrainians. Not sure if Russian Christians are wealthy enough to leave but there is the biggest potential.

Bigger Eastern Orthodox populace will affect the USA in all ways. The Anglo-Saxon Protestants will not really like them anymore than Papists.
 
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