Wspólnoty chrześcijan Smyrny, Efezu i Laodycei żyjące pośród muzułmanów
Christians of Smyrna, Ephesus and Laodicea living among Muslims

Summary/Abstract: Apocalypse of St John mentions Seven Churches of Asia as seven major churches of early Christianity. The present article is concerned with the only extant formal Christian (Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox) communities in Smyrna, Ephesus and Laodicea (now in Turkey). The other four (in Sardis, Philadelphia, Pergamum and Thyatira) did not survive. The article opens with a brief overview of the Christian-Muslim relationships in Turkey and its social and religious contexts. After that there is a more detailed presentation of the community leaders, religious formation of members and their present situation among the Muslim majority. The source material is based on the author’s interviews with the leaders and members of the churches.

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