# Christianity Is A Near Eastern Religion

As it used to be before Constantine the Great.

It was a religion for Hellenistic Jews. And it was heavily influenced
by the Hellenistic Egyption culture. You can see it from that the
Holy Family flee to Egypt to escape from Herod.

Also the culture of Mt. Athos came from Mt. Sinai in Egypt. Monastic
culture started in Egypt along with the Desert Fathers. Alexandria
in Egypt was the center of early Christianity and the Hellenistic
world in general.

It was influenced by Middle Eastern culture too. You can see it
from the visit of the Three Magi to celebrate the birth of Christ.

Armenia and Ethiopia converted to Christianity even before the
Roman empire. Especially Ethiopia has never left Christianity since
then.

Regarding Christianity as a fundamentally Western tradition is a
serious error.