§ Resources · Countries

Countries

Every country with Orthodox history, with editorial copy, demographic counts, and the saints associated with it.

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Endpoint

All published countries, alphabetical.

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This endpoint takes no parameters.

GET https://livesofthesaintscalendar.com/api/v1/countries

List countries

GET /v1/countries — published countries, alphabetical.

bashbash

curl https://livesofthesaintscalendar.com/api/v1/countries \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer osc_live_…"

jsonjson

{
  "data": [
    {
      "slug": "greece",
      "name": "Greece",
      "isoCode": "GR",
      "continent": "Europe",
      "orthodoxyType": "Greek Orthodox Church",
      "shortDescription": "Cradle of Greek Orthodoxy…",
      "numberOfChristians": 9700000,
      "numberOfChurches": 9792,
      "url": "/orthodox-countries/greece"
    }
  ]
}

Get a country by slug

GET /v1/countries/{slug} — the full record, including long-form HTML and a list of linked saints.

bashbash

curl https://livesofthesaintscalendar.com/api/v1/countries/greece \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer osc_live_…"

jsonjson

{
  "slug": "greece",
  "name": "Greece",
  "isoCode": "GR",
  "aboutOrthodoxyHtml": "<p>…</p>",
  "faqHtml": "<p>…</p>",
  "famousChurchesHtml": "<p>…</p>",
  "saints": [
    { "slug": "saint-nektarios", "name": "Saint Nektarios", "shortBio": "…" }
  ]
}

HTML fields are sanitized and safe to render. To get a saint's full record, pass each slug back to GET /v1/saints/{slug}.