Kyrie eleison on Instagram: "✝️ Christianity first reached China in 635 AD during the Tang Dynasty, brought by Persian Nestorian missionaries traveling the Silk Road and recorded on the Xi’an Stele. Eastern Orthodoxy arrived much later, mainly through Russian presence in the 17th century, especially in northern China. Catholicism came in the 13th century, and Protestant missions followed in the 19th century, each wave shaping Christianity in China in different ways. . . #orthodox #catholic #jesu

Chronicles of Religious Persecution in China (2017)