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Crosses Across Asia

While it is a minority religion in Asia, Christianity remains a widely-practised faith throughout the region.

While Christianity has its roots in Western Asia, it is often denoted as a Western religion due to its influential status in Eurocentric cultures such as those of Europe and North America.

Nevertheless, the faith tradition of Christianity originated in Roman Judea (part of the Middle East today) during the 1st century, and focuses on the figure of Jesus Christ and his teachings. The religion

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