Orthodoxy by country

Distribution of Orthodox Christianity in the world by country

Eastern Orthodoxy   Dominant religion (more than 75%)   Dominant religion (50% - 75%)   Important minority religion (20% - 50%)   Important minority religion (5% - 20%)   Minority religion (1% - 5%)

Oriental Orthodoxy   Dominant religion (more than 75%)   Dominant religion (50% - 75%)   Important minority religion (20% - 50%)   Important minority religion (5% - 20%)   Minority religion (1% - 5%)

There exist two distinct Christian communions known by the appellation "Orthodox," namely the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Oriental Orthodox Church.

The various autocephalous and autonomous churches of the Eastern Orthodox Church are distinct in terms of administration and local culture, but for the most part exist in full communion with one another. Some tensions exist in the philosophical differences between the New Calendarists and the Moderate Old Calendarists.

The various autocephalous and autonomous churches of the Oriental Orthodox Church are distinct in terms of administration and local culture, but are all in full communion with one another.

Eastern Orthodoxy

Christianity by Country

Africa Algeria • Angola • Benin • Botswana • Burkina Faso • Burundi • Cameroon • Cape Verde • Chad • Comoros • Côte d'Ivoire • D.Rep. of Congo • Djibouti • Egypt • Eritrea • Ethiopia • Gabon • Ghana • Guinea-Bissau • Kenya • Lesotho • Liberia • Libya • Madagascar • Mali • Mauritania • Mauritius • Morocco • Mozambique • Namibia • Niger • Nigeria • Somalia • Sudan • Tanzania Asia Bangladesh • Bhutan • Brunei • Burma • Cambodia • China • Hong Kong • India • Indonesia • Japan • Kazakhstan • Korea • Laos • Malaysia • Maldives • Mongolia • Nepal • North Korea • Pakistan • Philippines • Russia • Singapore • South Korea • Sri Lanka • Taiwan • Tajikistan • Thailand • Turkmenistan • Uzbekistan • Vietnam Europe Albania • Armenia • Austria • Azerbaijan • Belarus • Belgium • Bosnia & Herzegovina • Bulgaria • Cyprus • Denmark • Finland • France • Georgia • Germany • Greece • Iceland • Ireland • Italy • Jersey • Kosovo • Lithuania • Luxembourg • Macedonia • Netherlands • Norway • Malta • Moldova • Montenegro • Poland • Portugal • Romania • Russia • Serbia • Turkey • Ukraine • United Kingdom North America Antigua & Barbuda • Belize • Canada • Costa Rica • Cuba • Dominican Republic • El Salvador • Guatemala • Mexico • Nicaragua • Panama • United States South America Brazil • Chile • Colombia • Ecuador • Guyana • Paraguay • Peru Middle East Afghanistan • Bahrain • Iran • Iraq • Israel • Jordan • Kuwait • Lebanon • Oman • Qatar • Saudi Arabia • Syria • United Arab Emirates • Yemen Oceania Australia • East Timor • Fiji • Kiribati • Marshall Islands • Micronesia • Nauru • New Zealand • Palau • Papua New Guinea Samoa • Tonga • Tuvalu • Vanuatu • Full list  •   v · d · e

Predominantly Eastern Orthodox Christian countries

Eastern Orthodoxy is the largest single religious faith in:

•  Belarus
•  Bulgaria
•  Cyprus
•  Georgia
•  Greece
•  Macedonia
•  Moldova
•  Montenegro
•  Romania
•  Russia
•  Serbia
•  Ukraine

Countries with a high percentage of Eastern Orthodox Christians include:

•  Albania
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina
•  Estonia
•  Kazakhstan
•  Kyrgyzstan
•  Latvia
•  Lebanon

Eastern Orthodox Churches in full communion

• Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
  • Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
  • Finnish Orthodox Church
  • American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese
  • Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada
  • Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA
• Church of Alexandria
• Church of Antioch
  • Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America
  • Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Brazil
• Church of Jerusalem
• Russian Orthodox Church
  • Orthodox Church in Japan
  • Ukrainian Orthodox Church^{[disambiguation needed ]} - Moscow Patriarchy (UOC-MP) (Ukrainian and Russian only)
  • Hungarian Orthodox Church - Moscow Patriarchy (Hungarian and Russian only)
• Church of Georgia
• Church of Serbia
• Macedonian Orthodox Church
• Church of Romania
• Church of Bulgaria
• Church of Cyprus
• Church of Greece
• Church of Albania
• Church of Poland (Polish only)
• Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church (Czech or Slovak only)
• Orthodox Church in America

Oriental Orthodoxy

Distribution

Oriental Orthodoxy is the dominant religion in Armenia (94%), the ethnically Armenian Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (95%), Ethiopia (51%, the total Christian population being 62%), and Eritrea (50%, the total Christian population being 78%).

Oriental Orthodoxy is especially the dominant religion in the two Ethiopian regions of Amhara (82%) and Tigray (96%), as well as the chartered city of Addis Ababa (82%). It is also important in Oromia Region (41%).

Oriental orthodoxy is also one of two dominant religions in Eritrea (50%).

It is a significant minority religion in Egypt (15%), Sudan (5%, the total Christian population being 15%), Syria (3%, the total Christian population being 10%), Lebanon (10%, the total Christian population being 40%) and Kerala, India (0.2%, the total Christian population being 2.3%).^[1]

In terms of total number of members, the Ethiopian Church is the largest of all Oriental Orthodox Churches, and is second among all Orthodox Churches, exceeded in number only by the Russian Orthodox Church.

Predominantly Oriental Orthodox Christian countries

Oriental Orthodoxy is the largest single religious faith in:

•  Armenia
•  Eritrea
•  Ethiopia

Countries with a high percentage of Oriental Orthodox Christians include:

•  Egypt
•  Syria
•  India

Oriental Orthodox Churches in full communion

• The Armenian Apostolic Church
  • The Holy See of Cilicia
  • The Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople
  • The Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem
• The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
  • The British Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom
  • The French Coptic Orthodox Church in France
• The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
• The Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church
• The Syriac Orthodox Church[3] of Antioch (also known as the Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch)
  • The Malankara Jacobite Syriac Orthodox Church
• The Indian (Malankara) Orthodox Syrian Church

Statistics

Country	Christian Orthodox population[2][3]	Orthodox percentage (%) of total population	Orthodox percentage (%) of World Orthodox population
Albania	639,000	20
Armenia	3,043,720	94
Azerbaijan	359,896	4
Belarus	7,577,520	80
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,353,600	36
Bulgaria	6,894,843	91
Canada	581,553	1.7
Croatia	492,291	11.1
Cyprus	625,444	78
Czech Republic	21,002	0.2
Egypt	12,097,130	15
Eritrea	2,350,800	50
Estonia	186,263	13.9
Ethiopia	34,461,135	43.5
Finland	59,028	1.1
Georgia	3,681,880	83
Greece	11,080,059	99.2
India	3,800,059	0.4
Iraq	629,340	2
Israel	To be determined
Jordan	310,656	4.8
Kazakhstan	7,126,680	44
Kyrgyzstan	1,110,000	20
Latvia	201,402	9
Lebanon	851,000	20
Lithuania	133,169	4
Macedonia, Republic of	1,372,575	67
Moldova	3,510,343	90.5
Montenegro	464,742	74.24
Norway	7,835	0.16
Palestine	118,057	3
Poland	763,347	2
Romania	18,726,322	86.7
Russia	106,445,473	75
Serbia	8,288,896	84.1
Slovakia	50,363	0.9
Sweden	103,027	1.1
Syria	1,800,400	8
Tajikistan	247,625	3.5
Turkey	72,561	0.1
Turkmenistan	465,930	9
Ukraine	34,862,521	76
United States	5,269,864	1.7
Uzbekistan	2,501,460	9
Vatican City	0	0.0

273,518,392

See also

• Christianity by country
• Protestants by country
• Islam by country
• Jews by country
• Hinduism by country
• Buddhism by country
• No Faith by Country

References

1. ^ [1]
2. ^ [2]
3. ^ Eastern Orthodox Church#Number of adherents

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovakia#Religion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_Czech_Republic#Religions

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