Why protestantism never suceeded in spreading over ortodox lands ?

I know that it was a religious movement that was formed as a answer to the rising tensions with Rome and it wasn't in a close relationship with Ortodoxy but since it is the same Christian faith , why it didn't take roots in Russia or in Ottoman controlled Balkans ?

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I agree, but don't forget that I am talking about 16 century when people killed each other on the spot if you were of another religion.

God is love we are not out to over come other christian grouped only let others know of Jesus love.

"God is love we are not out to over come other christian grouped only let others know of Jesus love."
I find this answer ironic since most Protestant churches only go on missions in "safe" areas where the Catholic Church has already been established....

Anyway, I digress. To answer the original question, I be live the answer is because in most Orthodox nations, the government has been very repressive. In Russia, any church had a very hard time and was an almost underground movement until the late 80's. I think that if you look closer now as time goes on, you will see that there is dissension in those countries as well. A good example is Russia...a typically Orthodox state where many are converting to Judaism or Catholicism.

The reason is that those lands were isolated from the west and were controlled by church authority completely opposed to a Reformation. The Ottomans would never have tolerated such reforms among Christian subjects, because they might inspire a revolt. Both the secular and church authorities of the Russian Empire would oppose any such reforms as well.

The Protestant reforms were popular because they were tied to turning over church lands to the middle class who could purchase the land. No middle class or property system like that existed in Russia or the orthodox countries.

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My understanding is that protestants [Martin Luther] held the position that one could seek God for themselves and not only by way of the Roman Catholic priest. Hence the primary difference in Protestantism and Catholicism is just that.

Protestants adhere to a pastor or overseer [teacher if you will] but don't need him to communicate with God, nor do they worship the pastor.

The protestant form of worship wasn't formed as an answer to the the growing tensions with Rome, but was more the cause of it. It conceptually undermined the notion that a priest is necessary to communicate with God, which threatened the status quot and power structure of the time.

As it relates to the other part of your question, I don't know but a likely answer is - the power structures and political forces would not allow it; relinquishing control to individuals to worship independent of a greater controlled system.

The Eastern Orthodox have a long history of living under persecution, and historically we've seen that a persecuted Church is less likely to schism.

Also, the differences in Eastern Orthodox ecology, particularly in church governance, have made them less susceptible to the abuses that made Protestantism a desirable alternative in the first place.