Of the historical division into six darsanas (philosophies), two schools, Vedanta and Yoga, are currently the most prominent. Classified by primary deity or deities, four major Hinduism modern currents are Vaishnavism (Vishnu), Shaivism (Shiva), Shaktism (Devi) and Smartism (five deities treated as same
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This was the result of Byzantine culture. It was in the Byzantine Empire that the
Orthodox Church was established. They adopted the Greek alphabet and it spread
through their missionary work. Many
Eastern European countries adopted the East Orthodox Church among them was
Russia.
