Religion in Poland
Religion in Poland Poland is the most Catholic countries in the world. As of the 2023 census, Catholics make up 98% of the population.
Christianity[change | change source]
As of 2023, there is a high percentage of people in Poland who identify as Christians. 98.5% of the population identify themselves as Roman Catholics. About 0.5 million Orthodox people live in Poland. They are mostly members of the Polish Orthodox Church. There are also some Protestant groups estimated to be about 200-300 thousand believers, especially Evangelical Church in Poland.
Mieszko I, the prince of Poland was baptised in 966. He was the first Christian ruler. There were some political issues that led the country to abandon Slavic beliefs.
Catholic Church[change | change source]
Catholics in Poland are a group of people that contains two subgroups:
- Roman Catholic Church
- Greek Catholic Church.
The second one was established in Poland in the 17th century between some groups of Orthodox people and Roman Catholic Church.
The most important pilgrimage destinations in the country are: Jasna Góra in Częstochowa and Licheń. A lot of saints and blessed of the Roman Catholic Church are Poles, for example Pope John Paul II and Jerzy Popiełuszko.
Judaism[change | change source]
Jews have been living in Poland for more than a thousand years, until World War II there were more Jews in Poland than anywhere outside the United States. With approximately, 3 million Jews living within the area that constituted Poland.[1] Presently within Poland, there lives about 10,000 Jewish people. With the vast majority being killed during Holocaust or emigrated in the period of antisemitism after World War II. In the present day, a majority of Jews within Poland live in large cities such as Warsaw, Kraków or Łódź.
Islam[change | change source]
In Poland there are some Muslim groups with population estimated to be about 10,000 believers. 0.02% of the population of Poland. There are 3 mosques in Poland, the oldest in Bohoniki and Kruszyniany. Little but some Muslims have been living in Poland for over 500 years, especially in Podlaskie.
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Porter-Szucs, Brian (2014). Poland in the Modern World. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell. p. 126. ISBN 978-1-4443-3219-3.