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Romania's evangelical Romanies

Romania's marginalised Romanies are turning to evangelical Protestanism

By B.J. | RÂMNICELU

HERE in the remote Romanian village of Râmnicelu, a quiet religious revolution has taken place. Among the local Roma, who make up half the population here, Orthodox Christianity, traditionally the religion of Romania's Roma and non-Roma alike, is giving way to a sparky Pentecostalism.

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