She also remained a Protestant in an almost universally Orthodox country, throughout her husband's reign.

"I don't want an Orthodox country, but rather a traditional one," he said.

It was the first papal trip to a predominantly Orthodox country in more than 1,000 years.

In some Orthodox countries it is the custom to re-use graves after three to five years due to limited space.

It is visited by a stream of pilgrims from Greece and other Orthodox countries.

His erudition made him famous in other Orthodox countries.

This is especially valid of Slavic Orthodox countries, such as Russia.

To a lesser extent, this is also true in Ukraine, Romania and other Orthodox countries.

Legalization would give the Catholics a crucial foothold in this traditionally Orthodox country.

Also, since the churches openly split apart, life there has been hard for people from Orthodox countries.