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Christianity was first introduced to Vietnam in the 16th century. [1] Christians represent a significant minority in Vietnam: Catholics and Protestants were reported to compose 7% and 2% of the country's population respectively in 2020. However, the real number of Christian in Vietnam is 10% to 12%. [2]
Emperor Tự Đức (r. 1848–1883) of Vietnam. From 1849 to 1862, during the early years of the Vietnamese emperor Tự Đức (r. 1848–1883) of Vietnam, the most intense, brutal and bloodiest anti-Christian persecution ever in history happened in Vietnam, also was the last state-sponsored persecution of Catholic Christians in Vietnam, as a part of Tự Đức's efforts to eradicate every ...
For Orthodox Christianity, the Russian Orthodox Church is represented in Vũng Tàu, Vietnam, mainly among the Russian-speaking employees of the Russian-Vietnamese joint venture "Vietsovpetro". The parish is named after Our Lady of Kazan icon was opened in 2002 with the blessing of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church , which had been ...
The failure of the revolt had a disastrous effect on the Christians of Vietnam. [35] New restrictions against Christians followed, and demands were made to find and execute remaining missionaries. [36] Anti-Catholic edicts to this effect were issued by Minh Mạng in 1836 and 1838.
Mahayana Buddhism is the largest organized religion in Vietnam. [7] There is a significant minority of Catholic Christians. Other religions include Protestant Christianity, Theravada Buddhism, Islam, Hòa Hảo, and the syncretic Cao Đài religion.
Vietnamese martyrs Paul Mi, Pierre Duong, Pierre Truat, martyred on 18 December 1838. Christians at the time were branded on the face with the words "tả đạo" (左 道, lit. "unorthodox religion") [5] and families and villages which subscribed to Christianity were obliterated. [6]
Vietnamese Christians (5 C, 4 P) C. Catholic Church in Vietnam (11 C, 14 P) Churches in Vietnam (5 C, 1 P) H. History of Christianity in Vietnam (1 C) M.
Vietnamese Christian clergy (2 C) E. Eastern Orthodox Christians from Vietnam (1 P) P. Vietnamese Protestants (2 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Vietnamese Christians"