Delvestius
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This is something that I'v always wanted to play around with but have had little knowledge of. What is the possibility of Orthodox Magyars and Romanians? I have a few ideas, but i want to see what other people think.
AHC: Orthodox Magyars/Poles
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Orthodox Magyars are easy. Stephen I turned towards the Pope and the West for a crown and converted to Catholicism because he saw it as the best way to ensure Hungary's survival as a state. I see no reason why he wouldn't have turned to the Byzantines and the Orthodox Patriarch if, in a slightly different situation, Orthodoxy had been seen as stronger. I mean, there was nothing predetermining what religion pagan Hungary would switch to since it was located right between the two religious blocs, and it was also at odds with the Catholic HRE all the time.
The Magyars kicked the Moravians out starting from 896, and Stephen I converted to Christianity shortly before 1000, but it is not known when exactly he converted (there are conflicting sources and contradictions).
The Magyars kicked the Moravians out starting from 896, and Stephen I converted to Christianity shortly before 1000, but it is not known when exactly he converted (there are conflicting sources and contradictions).
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There is maybe an even easier option rather than Stephen/Vajk being baptized. His mother was Orthodox ans was his grandfather Gyula and uncle Koppany. Have either of them defeat young Istvan or even Koppany managing to get the throne according to the succession tradition back then in Hungary and I believe the Orthodox future for Hungary could have been secured. That would probably butterfly future union with Croatia and create the "cultural" split that was for a long time along the Danube and somewhere in Bosnia, further north west.