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Eastern Orthodoxy in Europe^{[image reference needed]}

The Eastern Orthodoxy in Europe constitutes the second largest Christian denomination. European Eastern Orthodox Christians are predominantly present in Eastern and Southeastern Europe, and they are also significantly represented in diaspora throughout the Continent. The term Eastern Orthodox Europe is informally used to describe the predominantly Eastern Orthodox countries of Belarus, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Ukraine.

History

Almost all of Eastern Orthodox Europe became part of communist states after World War II, either through direct annexation by the USSR or indirect Soviet dominance through satellite states.^[1]

Eastern Orthodoxy in Orthodox majority countries

Eastern Orthodoxy in Moldova, 97.0% (2017 census)^[2]
Eastern Orthodoxy in Greece, 90%^[2]
Eastern Orthodoxy in Serbia, 84.6% (2011 census)^[3]
Eastern Orthodoxy in Georgia, 83.4% (2014 census)^[4]
Eastern Orthodoxy in Romania, 81.0% (2015 census)^[5]
Eastern Orthodoxy in Russia, 79% (est.)^[2]
Eastern Orthodoxy in Bulgaria, 77% (2011 census)^[6]
Eastern Orthodoxy in Cyprus, 73.2% (est.)^[7]
Eastern Orthodoxy in Belarus, 73% (2011 census)^[8]
Eastern Orthodoxy in Montenegro, 72.1% (2011 census)^[9]
Eastern Orthodoxy in North Macedonia, 69.6% (est.)^[10]
Eastern Orthodoxy in Ukraine, 67.3% (est.)^[11]

Eastern Orthodoxy in non-Orthodox majority countries

Eastern Orthodoxy in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 31.0% (2013 census)^[12]
Eastern Orthodoxy in Albania, 20% (est.)^{[citation needed]}
Eastern Orthodoxy in Latvia, 19.4% (2011 census)^[13]
Eastern Orthodoxy in Estonia, 16.15% (2011 census)^[14]
Eastern Orthodoxy in Austria, 8.8% (2018 census)^[15]
Eastern Orthodoxy in Lithuania, 4.9% (2011 census)^[16]
Eastern Orthodoxy in Croatia, 4.44% (2011 census)^{[citation needed]}
Eastern Orthodoxy in Italy, 3.5% ^{[citation needed]}
Eastern Orthodoxy in Germany, 2.4%^[17]
Eastern Orthodoxy in Slovenia, 2.3% (2002 census)^{[citation needed]}
Eastern Orthodoxy in Spain, 2.2% (by Wikipedia)
Eastern Orthodoxy in Poland, 1.5% (by Wikipedia)^{[citation needed]}
Eastern Orthodoxy in the Republic of Ireland, 1.3% (2017)^{[citation needed]}
Eastern Orthodoxy in Finland, 1.09% (2020 census)^[18]
Eastern Orthodoxy in Slovakia, 0.9% (2011 census)^[19]
Eastern Orthodoxy in Norway, 0.22% (2012)^{[citation needed]}
Eastern Orthodoxy in Armenia, 0.2% (2022 census)^[20]
Eastern Orthodoxy in Hungary, 0.1% (2011 census)^[21]

References

^ Mary B. Cunningham; Elizabeth Theokritoff (18 December 2008). The Cambridge Companion to Orthodox Christian Theology. Cambridge University Press. pp. 15–. ISBN 978-0-521-86484-8.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Religious Belief and National Belonging in Central and Eastern Europe". Pew Research Center. 10 May 2017. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
^ "2011 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Serbia" (PDF). Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia.
^ "საქართველოს მოსახლეობის საყოველთაო აღწერის საბოლოო შედეგები" (PDF). National Statistics Office of Georgia. 28 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
^ "Culte recunoscute oficial în România". Secretariatul de Stat pentru Culte (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 2016-08-14.
^ "NSI". Archived from the original on 28 January 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
^ Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Cyprus. Pew Research Center. 2010.
^ Religion and denominations in the Republic of Belarus by the Commissioner on Religions and Nationalities of the Republic of Belarus from November 2011
^ "Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in Montenegro 2011" (PDF). Monstat. pp. 14, 15. Retrieved July 12, 2011. For the purpose of the chart, the categories 'Islam' and 'Muslims' were merged; 'Buddhist' (.02) and Other Religions were merged; 'Atheist' (1.24) and 'Agnostic' (.07) were merged; and 'Adventist' (.14), 'Christians' (.24), 'Jehovah Witness' (.02), and 'Protestants' (.02) were merged under 'Other Christian'.
^ "Strategies of symbolic nation-building in West Balkan states: intents and results (completed) - Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages". www.hf.uio.no. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
^ Особливості Релігійного І Церковно-Релігійного Самовизначення Українських Громадян: Тенденції 2010-2018 [Features of Religious and Church - Religious Self-Determination of Ukrainian Citizens: Trends 2010-2018] (PDF) (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Razumkov Center in collaboration with the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches, 22 April 2018, pp. 12, 13, 16, 31, archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-04-26
^ "Bosnia and Herzegovina". United States Department of State. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
^ "Tieslietu ministrijā iesniegtie reliģisko organizāciju pārskati par darbību 2011. gadā" (in Latvian). Archived from the original on 2012-11-26. Retrieved 2012-07-25.
^ "Statistical database: Population Census 2000 – Religious affiliation". Statistics Estonia. 22 October 2002. Archived from the original on 15 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-02-18.
^ "In Österreich leben mehr Orthodoxe als Muslime". 13 September 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
^ Department of Statistics to the Government of the Republic of Lithuania. "Ethnicity, mother tongue and religion". Archived from the original on 2014-10-08.. 2013-03-15.
^ Gesellschaft Orthodoxe Medien e.V. im Auftrag der Orthodoxen Bischofskonferenz in Deutschland (Hrsg.): Orthodoxer Liturgischer Kalender 2017., 18. Jahrgang, 2016, S. III: In Deutschland können wir begründeten Hochrechnungen [zufolge] inzwischen von einer Zahl von bald an die zwei Millionen orthodoxer Christen ausgehen, die immer mehr in die hiesige Gesellschaft hineinwachsen und sich in ihr verwurzeln.
^ "Belonging to a religious community by age and sex, 2000-2020". Tilastokeskuksen PX-Web tietokannat. Government. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2021. Note these are official state religious registration numbers, people may be registered yet not practicing/believing and they may be believing/practicing but not registered.
^ "Table 14 Population by religion" (PDF). Statistical Office of the SR. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 14, 2012. Retrieved Jun 8, 2012.
^ Republic of Armenia Census (Report). Statistical Committee - Republic of Armenia. 2022. Table 5.5.
^ "1.26 Population by religion and sex, 1930–1949, 2001". Hungarian Central Statistical Office. Archived from the original on 11 May 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2008.

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[CunninghamTheokritoff2008-1] Mary B. Cunningham; Elizabeth Theokritoff (18 December 2008). The Cambridge Companion to Orthodox Christian Theology. Cambridge University Press. pp. 15–. ISBN 978-0-521-86484-8.

[Pew2017-2] "Religious Belief and National Belonging in Central and Eastern Europe". Pew Research Center. 10 May 2017. Retrieved 2017-09-09.

[2011Census-3] "2011 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Serbia" (PDF). Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia.

[4] "საქართველოს მოსახლეობის საყოველთაო აღწერის საბოლოო შედეგები" (PDF). National Statistics Office of Georgia. 28 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2016.

[5] "Culte recunoscute oficial în România". Secretariatul de Stat pentru Culte (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 2016-08-14.

[6] "NSI". Archived from the original on 28 January 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2012.

[pew-7] Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Cyprus. Pew Research Center. 2010.

[8] Religion and denominations in the Republic of Belarus by the Commissioner on Religions and Nationalities of the Republic of Belarus from November 2011

[monstat_2011-9] "Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in Montenegro 2011" (PDF). Monstat. pp. 14, 15. Retrieved July 12, 2011. For the purpose of the chart, the categories 'Islam' and 'Muslims' were merged; 'Buddhist' (.02) and Other Religions were merged; 'Atheist' (1.24) and 'Agnostic' (.07) were merged; and 'Adventist' (.14), 'Christians' (.24), 'Jehovah Witness' (.02), and 'Protestants' (.02) were merged under 'Other Christian'.

[2011data-10] "Strategies of symbolic nation-building in West Balkan states: intents and results (completed) - Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages". www.hf.uio.no. Retrieved 2018-01-19.

[Razumkov2018-11] Особливості Релігійного І Церковно-Релігійного Самовизначення Українських Громадян: Тенденції 2010-2018 [Features of Religious and Church - Religious Self-Determination of Ukrainian Citizens: Trends 2010-2018] (PDF) (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Razumkov Center in collaboration with the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches, 22 April 2018, pp. 12, 13, 16, 31, archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-04-26

[12] "Bosnia and Herzegovina". United States Department of State. Retrieved 2022-10-23.

[13] "Tieslietu ministrijā iesniegtie reliģisko organizāciju pārskati par darbību 2011. gadā" (in Latvian). Archived from the original on 2012-11-26. Retrieved 2012-07-25.

[stat.ee-religion-14] "Statistical database: Population Census 2000 – Religious affiliation". Statistics Estonia. 22 October 2002. Archived from the original on 15 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-02-18.

[15] "In Österreich leben mehr Orthodoxe als Muslime". 13 September 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2018.

[16] Department of Statistics to the Government of the Republic of Lithuania. "Ethnicity, mother tongue and religion". Archived from the original on 2014-10-08.. 2013-03-15.

[17] Gesellschaft Orthodoxe Medien e.V. im Auftrag der Orthodoxen Bischofskonferenz in Deutschland (Hrsg.): Orthodoxer Liturgischer Kalender 2017., 18. Jahrgang, 2016, S. III: In Deutschland können wir begründeten Hochrechnungen [zufolge] inzwischen von einer Zahl von bald an die zwei Millionen orthodoxer Christen ausgehen, die immer mehr in die hiesige Gesellschaft hineinwachsen und sich in ihr verwurzeln.

[statfin-18] "Belonging to a religious community by age and sex, 2000-2020". Tilastokeskuksen PX-Web tietokannat. Government. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2021. Note these are official state religious registration numbers, people may be registered yet not practicing/believing and they may be believing/practicing but not registered.

[19] "Table 14 Population by religion" (PDF). Statistical Office of the SR. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 14, 2012. Retrieved Jun 8, 2012.

[20] Republic of Armenia Census (Report). Statistical Committee - Republic of Armenia. 2022. Table 5.5.

[21] "1.26 Population by religion and sex, 1930–1949, 2001". Hungarian Central Statistical Office. Archived from the original on 11 May 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2008.

[note_n0-22] The ROC severed full communion with the Ecumenical Patriarchate in 2018, and later severed full communion with the primates of the Church of Greece, the Patriarchate of Alexandria, and the Church of Cyprus in 2020.

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+[[File:OrthodoxyInEurope.png|thumb|right|270px|Eastern Orthodoxy in Europe{{Imagefact|date=November 2022}}]]
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-The [[Eastern Orthodoxy]] in Europe constitutes the second largest Christian denomination. European Eastern Orthodox Christians are predominantly present in [[Eastern Europe|Eastern]] and [[Southeastern Europe]], and they are also significantly represented in diaspora throughout the Continent. The term Eastern Orthodox Europe is informally used to describe the predominantly Eastern Orthodox countries of [[Eastern Europe]], as well as, [[Belarus]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Cyprus]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Greece]], [[Moldova]], [[Montenegro]], [[Republic of North Macedonia]], [[Romania]], [[Russia]], [[Serbia]] and [[Ukraine]].
+The [[Eastern Orthodoxy]] in Europe constitutes the second largest Christian denomination. European Eastern Orthodox Christians are predominantly present in [[Eastern Europe|Eastern]] and [[Southeastern Europe]], and they are also significantly represented in diaspora throughout the Continent. The term Eastern Orthodox Europe is informally used to describe the predominantly Eastern Orthodox countries of [[Belarus]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Cyprus]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Greece]], [[Moldova]], [[Montenegro]], [[North Macedonia]], [[Romania]], [[Russia]], [[Serbia]] and [[Ukraine]].
 ==History==
+{{Expand section|date=May 2023}}
-Almost all of Eastern Orthodox Europe became part of [[communist state]]s after [[World War II]].<ref name="CunninghamTheokritoff2008">{{cite book|author1=Mary B. Cunningham|author2=Elizabeth Theokritoff|title=The Cambridge Companion to Orthodox Christian Theology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lG5FbKVBQN0C&pg=PA15|date=18 December 2008|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-86484-8|pages=15–}}</ref>
+Almost all of Eastern Orthodox Europe became part of [[communist state]]s after [[World War II]], either through direct [[Military occupations by the Soviet Union|annexation]] by the [[USSR]] or indirect Soviet dominance through [[Satellite state#Soviet satellite states|satellite states]].<ref name="CunninghamTheokritoff2008">{{cite book|author1=Mary B. Cunningham|author2=Elizabeth Theokritoff|title=The Cambridge Companion to Orthodox Christian Theology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lG5FbKVBQN0C&pg=PA15|date=18 December 2008|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-86484-8|pages=15–}}</ref>
 ==Eastern Orthodoxy in Orthodox majority countries==
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 *[[Eastern Orthodoxy in Greece]], 90%<ref name="Pew2017"/>
 *[[Eastern Orthodoxy in Serbia]], 84.6% (2011 census)<ref name="2011Census">{{cite web |title=2011 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Serbia |url=https://pod2.stat.gov.rs/ObjavljenePublikacije/Popis2011/Knjiga4_Veroispovest.pdf |publisher=Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia}}</ref>
-*[[Eastern Orthodoxy in Romania]], 81.0% (2015 census)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.culte.gov.ro/biserici-culte |title=Culte recunoscute oficial în România |work=Secretariatul de Stat pentru Culte |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814135847/http://www.culte.gov.ro/biserici-culte |archive-date=2016-08-14 |language=ro}}</ref>
 *[[Eastern Orthodoxy in Georgia (country)|Eastern Orthodoxy in Georgia]], 83.4% (2014 census)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://geostat.ge/cms/site_images/_files/english/population/Census_release_ENG_2016.pdf |title=საქართველოს მოსახლეობის საყოველთაო აღწერის საბოლოო შედეგები |date=28 April 2016 |publisher=National Statistics Office of Georgia |access-date=29 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205175903/http://geostat.ge/cms/site_images/_files/english/population/Census_release_ENG_2016.pdf |archive-date=5 February 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
+*[[Eastern Orthodoxy in Romania]], 81.0% (2015 census)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.culte.gov.ro/biserici-culte |title=Culte recunoscute oficial în România |work=Secretariatul de Stat pentru Culte |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814135847/http://www.culte.gov.ro/biserici-culte |archive-date=2016-08-14 |language=ro}}</ref>
-*[[Eastern Orthodoxy in Cyprus]], 73.2% ({{estimation}})<ref name=pew>[http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/cyprus/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Cyprus]. [[Pew Research Center]]. 2010.</ref>
+*[[Eastern Orthodoxy in Russia]], 79% ({{estimation}})<ref name="Pew2017"/>
 *[[Eastern Orthodoxy in Bulgaria]], 77% (2011 census)<ref>{{cite web |title = NSI |url = http://censusresults.nsi.bg/Census/Reports/2/2/R10.aspx |access-date = 24 February 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120128054930/http://censusresults.nsi.bg/Census/Reports/2/2/R10.aspx |archive-date = 28 January 2012 |url-status = dead }}</ref>
+*[[Eastern Orthodoxy in Cyprus]], 73.2% ({{estimation}})<ref name=pew>[http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/cyprus/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Cyprus]. [[Pew Research Center]]. 2010.</ref>
+*[[Eastern Orthodoxy in Belarus]], 73% (2011 census)<ref>[http://www.mfa.gov.by/upload/pdf/religion_eng.pdf Religion and denominations in the Republic of Belarus by the Commissioner on Religions and Nationalities of the Republic of Belarus from November 2011]</ref>
 *[[Eastern Orthodoxy in Montenegro]], 72.1% (2011 census)<ref name="monstat 2011">{{cite web | url=http://www.monstat.org/userfiles/file/popis2011/saopstenje/saopstenje(1).pdf | title=Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in Montenegro 2011 | work=Monstat | access-date=July 12, 2011 | pages=14, 15}} For the purpose of the chart, the categories 'Islam' and 'Muslims' were merged; 'Buddhist' (.02) and Other Religions were merged; 'Atheist' (1.24) and 'Agnostic' (.07) were merged; and 'Adventist' (.14), 'Christians' (.24), 'Jehovah Witness' (.02), and 'Protestants' (.02) were merged under 'Other Christian'.</ref>
-* [[Macedonian Orthodox Church – Ohrid Archbishopric|Eastern Orthodoxy in North Macedonia]], 69.6% ({{estimation}})<ref name=2011data>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hf.uio.no/ilos/english/research/projects/nation-w-balkan/index.html|title=Strategies of symbolic nation-building in West Balkan states: intents and results                        (completed)        - Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages|website=www.hf.uio.no|language=en|access-date=2018-01-19}}</ref>
+* [[Macedonian Orthodox Church – Ohrid Archbishopric|Eastern Orthodoxy in North Macedonia]], 69.6% ({{estimation}})<ref name=2011data>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hf.uio.no/ilos/english/research/projects/nation-w-balkan/index.html|title=Strategies of symbolic nation-building in West Balkan states: intents and results (completed) - Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages|website=www.hf.uio.no|language=en|access-date=2018-01-19}}</ref>
-*[[Eastern Orthodoxy in Russia]], 79% ({{estimation}})<ref name="Pew2017"/>
 *[[Eastern Orthodoxy in Ukraine]], 67.3% ({{estimation}})<ref name=Razumkov2018>{{citation|url=http://razumkov.org.ua/uploads/article/2018_Religiya.pdf|script-title=uk:Особливості Релігійного І Церковно-Релігійного Самовизначення Українських Громадян: Тенденції 2010-2018|trans-title=Features of Religious and Church - Religious Self-Determination of Ukrainian Citizens: Trends 2010-2018|date=22 April 2018|publisher=[[Razumkov Center]] in collaboration with the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches|pages=12, 13, 16, 31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180426194313/http://razumkov.org.ua/uploads/article/2018_Religiya.pdf|archive-date=2018-04-26 <!-- Archive date guessed from URL -->|url-status = live|language=uk|place=Kyiv}}</ref>
-*[[Eastern Orthodoxy in Belarus]], 73% (2011 census)<ref>[http://www.mfa.gov.by/upload/pdf/religion_eng.pdf Religion and denominations in the Republic of Belarus by the Commissioner on Religions and Nationalities of the Republic of Belarus from November 2011]</ref>
 ==Eastern Orthodoxy in non-Orthodox majority countries==
-*[[Eastern Orthodoxy in Bosnia and Herzegovina]], 31.0% (2013 census)
+*[[Eastern Orthodoxy in Bosnia and Herzegovina]], 31.0% (2013 census)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bosnia and Herzegovina |url=https://www.state.gov/reports/2021-report-on-international-religious-freedom/bosnia-and-herzegovina/ |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=United States Department of State |language=en-US}}</ref>
 *[[Eastern Orthodoxy in Albania]], 20% ({{estimation}}){{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
 *[[Eastern Orthodoxy in Latvia]], 19.4% (2011 census)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tm.gov.lv/lv/labumi/TM.docx|title=Tieslietu ministrijā iesniegtie reliģisko organizāciju pārskati par darbību 2011. gadā|language=lv|access-date=2012-07-25|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121126013327/http://www.tm.gov.lv/lv/labumi/TM.docx|archive-date=2012-11-26}}</ref>
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 *[[Eastern Orthodoxy in Lithuania]], 4.9% (2011 census)<ref>Department of Statistics to the Government of the Republic of Lithuania. ''{{cite web |url=http://www.osp.stat.gov.lt/en/web/guest/pranesimai-spaudai?articleId=223122 |title=Ethnicity, mother tongue and religion |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008005424/http://www.osp.stat.gov.lt/en/web/guest/pranesimai-spaudai?articleId=223122 |archive-date=2014-10-08 }}''. 2013-03-15.</ref>
 *[[Eastern Orthodoxy in Croatia]], 4.44% (2011 census){{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
-*[[Eastern Orthodoxy in Slovenia]], 2.3% (2002census){{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
+*[[Eastern Orthodoxy in Italy]], 3.5% {{citation needed|date=May 2022}}
+*[[Eastern Orthodoxy in Germany]], 2.4%<ref>Gesellschaft Orthodoxe Medien e.V. im Auftrag der Orthodoxen Bischofskonferenz in Deutschland (Hrsg.): ''Orthodoxer Liturgischer Kalender 2017.'', 18.&nbsp;Jahrgang, 2016, S. III: ''In Deutschland können wir begründeten Hochrechnungen [zufolge] inzwischen von einer Zahl von bald an die zwei Millionen orthodoxer Christen ausgehen, die immer mehr in die hiesige Gesellschaft hineinwachsen und sich in ihr verwurzeln.''</ref>
-*[[Eastern Orthodoxy in Poland]], 1.5%  (by Wikipedia){{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
+*[[Eastern Orthodoxy in Slovenia]], 2.3% (2002 census){{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
+*[[Eastern Orthodoxy in Spain]], 2.2% (by Wikipedia)
+*[[Eastern Orthodoxy in Poland]], 1.5% (by Wikipedia){{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
 *[[Eastern Orthodoxy in the Republic of Ireland]], 1.3% (2017){{citation needed|date=September 2021}}
+*[[Eastern Orthodoxy in Finland]], 1.09%  (2020 census)<ref name="statfin">{{cite web |title=Belonging to a religious community by age and sex, 2000-2020 |url=http://pxnet2.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__vrm__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_11rx.px/ |website=Tilastokeskuksen PX-Web tietokannat |publisher=Government |access-date=5 April 2021 |archive-date=2 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402182607/http://pxnet2.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__vrm__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_11rx.px/ |url-status=dead }} Note these are official state religious registration numbers, people may be registered yet not practicing/believing and they may be believing/practicing but not registered.</ref>
-*[[Eastern Orthodoxy in Finland]], 1.1%  (2015 census){{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
-*[[Eastern Orthodoxy in Slovakia]], 0.9% (2011 census)<ref>{{cite web | title =Table 14 Population by religion | publisher = Statistical Office of the SR |year=2011 | url =http://portal.statistics.sk/files/table-14.pdf | access-date = Jun 8, 2012 }}</ref>
+*[[Eastern Orthodoxy in Slovakia]], 0.9% (2011 census)<ref>{{cite web | title =Table 14 Population by religion | publisher =Statistical Office of the SR | year =2011 | url =http://portal.statistics.sk/files/table-14.pdf | access-date =Jun 8, 2012 | archive-date =November 14, 2012 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20121114211304/http://portal.statistics.sk/files/table-14.pdf | url-status =dead }}</ref>
 *[[Eastern Orthodoxy in Norway]], 0.22% (2012){{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
+*[[Eastern Orthodoxy in Armenia]], 0.2% (2022 census)<ref>{{Cite report |url=https://www.armstat.am/en/?nid=82&id=2623 |title=Republic of Armenia Census |date=2022 |publisher=Statistical Committee - Republic of Armenia|at=Table 5.5}}</ref>
-*[[Eastern Orthodoxy in Hungary]], 0.1% (2011 census)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nepszamlalas.hu/eng/volumes/18/tables/load1_26.html|title=1.26  Population by religion and sex, 1930–1949, 2001|work=Hungarian Central Statistical Office|access-date=21 November 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5n51MSF7t?url=http://www.nepszamlalas.hu/eng/volumes/18/tables/load1_26.html|archive-date=26 January 2010}}</ref>
-*[[Eastern Orthodoxy in Armenia]], 0.1% (2011 census)<ref>{{cite web|title=Armenian Census 2011|url=http://armstat.am/file/article/sv_03_13a_520.pdf|access-date=25 October 2015|page=7|language=hy}}</ref>
+*[[Eastern Orthodoxy in Hungary]], 0.1% (2011 census)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nepszamlalas.hu/eng/volumes/18/tables/load1_26.html|title=1.26 Population by religion and sex, 1930–1949, 2001|work=Hungarian Central Statistical Office|access-date=21 November 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511123209/http://www.nepszamlalas.hu/eng/volumes/18/tables/load1_26.html|archive-date=11 May 2011}}</ref>
 ==See also==
+{{Portal|Christianity|Europe|Religion}}
 *[[Byzantine commonwealth]]
-*[[Slavic Orthodox]]
+*[[Mount Athos]]
-{{clear}}
-{{portal bar|Europe}}
 ==References==
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 * {{cite book|author1=Jonathan Sutton|author2=William Peter van den Bercken|title=Orthodox Christianity and Contemporary Europe: Selected Papers of the International Conference Held at the University of Leeds, England, in June 2001|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D59AyqaPE0IC&pg=PA92|year=2003|publisher=Peeters Publishers|isbn=978-90-429-1266-3|pages=92–}}
 * {{cite book|author=Alexandru Duţu|title=Political Models and National Identities in "Orthodox Europe"|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MJG2AAAAIAAJ|date=1 January 1998|publisher=Babel|isbn=978-973-48-1042-0}}
-* {{Cite book|last=Kiminas|first=Demetrius|title=The Ecumenical Patriarchate: A History of Its Metropolitanates with Annotated Hierarch Catalogs|year=2009|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QLWqXrW2X-8C|publisher=Wildside Press LLC}}
+* {{Cite book|last=Kiminas|first=Demetrius|title=The Ecumenical Patriarchate: A History of Its Metropolitanates with Annotated Hierarch Catalogs|year=2009|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QLWqXrW2X-8C|publisher=Wildside Press LLC|isbn=9781434458766}}
-* {{Cite book|last=Obolensky|first=Dimitri|author-link=Dimitri Obolensky|title=The Byzantine Commonwealth: Eastern Europe, 500-1453|year=1974|orig-year=1971|location=London|publisher=Cardinal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RlBoAAAAMAAJ}}
+* {{Cite book|last=Obolensky|first=Dimitri|author-link=Dimitri Obolensky|title=The Byzantine Commonwealth: Eastern Europe, 500-1453|year=1974|orig-year=1971|location=London|publisher=Cardinal|isbn=9780351176449|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RlBoAAAAMAAJ}}
 * {{Cite book|last=Ostrogorsky|first=George|author-link=George Ostrogorsky|year=1956|title=History of the Byzantine State|location=Oxford|publisher=Basil Blackwell|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bt0_AAAAYAAJ}}
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