The Greek East is a phrase used to define the territories of the Greek-speaking, Orthodox peoples of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, centered around the Byzantine Empire. Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly The Eastern Orthodox Church is the second largest single Christian Communion in the world This is in contrast to the Latin-speaking Catholic peoples of Western Europe. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Western Europe at its most general meaning means 'all the countries in the West of Europe '
References
- Sherrard, Philip. The Greek East and the Latin West: a study in the Christian tradition. London: Oxford University Press, 1959; reprinted Limni [Greece]: Denise Harvey & Company, 1992.