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A woman walks at a graveyard covered by snow as the sun sets in Nuuk, Greenland, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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Most Greenlanders are Lutheran, 300 years after a missionary brought the faith to the remote island
March 6, 2025 12:30 p.m.

Most Greenlanders are Lutheran, 300 years after a missionary brought the faith to the remote island

Greenland is huge — about three times the size of Texas; most of it covered in ice. Still, its 17 parishes are located across many settlements in the icy land and people endure the frigid Arctic climate to fill up church pews on Sundays.