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{{split|Eastern Orthodoxy by country|Oriental Orthodoxy by country|date=September 2017}}
[[File:Eastern Orthodoxy by country.png|right|thumb|450px|'''Distribution of Eastern Orthodox Christians in the world by country:'''
{{legend|#000055|Main religion (more than 75%)}}
{{legend|#0000aa|Main religion (50–75%)}}
{{legend|#0000ff|Important minority religion (20–50%)}}
{{legend|#5555ff|Important minority religion (5–20%)}}
{{legend|#aaaaff|Minority religion (1–5%)}}
{{legend|#b4c8ff|Tiny minority religion (below 1%), but has local [[Religion:Autocephaly|autocephaly]]}}
]]
[[File:Oriental Orthodoxy by country.png|right|thumb|450px|'''Distribution of Oriental Orthodox Christians in the world by country:'''
{{legend|#550000|Main religion (more than 75%)}}
{{legend|#d40000|Main religion (50–75%)}}
{{legend|#ff0000|Important minority religion (20–50%)}}
{{legend|#ff5555|Important minority religion (5–20%)}}
{{legend|#ffaaaa|Minority religion (1–5%)}}
{{legend|#ffc8aa|Tiny minority religion (below 1%), but has local [[Religion:Autocephaly|autocephaly]]}}
]]

'''Orthodoxy''' (with capital O) in [[Religion:Christianity|Christianity]] refers to two distinctive denominations known by the appellation "Orthodox," namely the [[Religion:Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox Church]] and Oriental Orthodoxy. Also, there are several other Christian communities that self-identify as ''Orthodox''.

The various autocephalous and autonomous jurisdictions of the [[Religion:Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox Church]] are distinct in terms of administration and local culture, but are united in [[Religion:Full communion|full communion]] with one another, hold the same beliefs, and also generally follow the same practices (the same rite). Some tensions exist in the philosophical differences between the New Calendarists and the Moderate Old Calendarists.

Oriental Orthodoxy also consists of several autocephalous and autonomous jurisdictions holding a single set of beliefs and united in full communion. However, they each have their own separate rites, and there are significant differences between their respective practices. Thus, there is more internal diversity of practice among the Oriental Orthodox than among the Eastern Orthodox.

==Eastern Orthodoxy==
{{main|Religion:Eastern Orthodoxy by country}}

===Predominantly Eastern Orthodox Christian countries===
The [[Religion:Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox Church]] is the largest single religious faith in:
*{{flag|Belarus}}
*{{flag|Bulgaria}}
*{{flag|Cyprus}}
*{{flag|Georgia}}
*{{flag|Greece}}
*{{flag|Macedonia}}
*{{flag|Moldova}}
*{{flag|Montenegro}}
*{{flag|Romania}}
*{{flag|Russia}}
*{{flag|Serbia}}
*{{flag|Ukraine}}<ref name=Razumkov2016/>

Countries with a high percentage of Eastern Orthodox Christians include:
*{{flag|Albania}}
*{{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
*{{flag|Estonia}}
*{{flag|Kazakhstan}}
*{{flag|Kyrgyzstan}}
*{{flag|Latvia}}
*{{flag|Egypt}}
*{{flag|Lebanon}}
*{{flag|Lithuania}}
*{{flag|Syria}}
*{{flag|Uzbekistan}}

===Eastern Orthodox churches (jurisdictions) in full communion===
* Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
** Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
** Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia 
** [[Religion:Finnish Orthodox Church|Finnish Orthodox Church]]
** Korean 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
* [[Religion:Russian Orthodox Church|Russian Orthodox Church]]
** [[Religion:Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)|Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)]] (UOC-MP)
** Japanese Orthodox Church
* [[Religion:Serbian Orthodox Church|Serbian Orthodox Church]]
** Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric
* [[Religion:Georgian Orthodox Church|Georgian Orthodox Church]]
* [[Religion:Romanian Orthodox Church|Romanian Orthodox Church]]
* [[Religion:Bulgarian Orthodox Church|Bulgarian Orthodox Church]]
* Church of Cyprus
* Church of Greece
* Albanian Orthodox Church
* Polish Orthodox Church
* Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church 
* Orthodox Church in America

===Eastern Orthodox primates===
The following table includes the current primates (head bishops) of the autocephalous jurisdictions of the Eastern Orthodox Church, with their respective titles and [[Religion:Episcopal see|episcopal see]]s. A primate may hold the title of Patriarch, Metropolitan, or Archbishop.
{|border=1 style="border-collapse: collapse;" width="100%"
|-bgcolor="#cccccc"
!Title and episcopal see(s)
!Current primate
!In office since
|-
|[[Religion:Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople|Ecumenical Patriarch, Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and ''Primus inter pares'']]
|Bartholomew I
|1991
|-
|Pope and Patriarch of the Great City of Alexandria, Libya, Pentapolis, Ethiopia, all the land of Egypt, and all Africa 
|Theodoros II
|2004
|-
|Patriarch of Antioch and all the East
|John X (Yazigi)
|2012
|-
|Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and all Palestine, and of Syria, Arabia, beyond the Jordan River, Cana of Galilee, and Sacred Zion
|Theophilos III
|2005
|-
|[[Religion:List of Metropolitans and Patriarchs of Moscow|Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia]]
|Kirill I
|2009
|-
|Patriarch of All Georgia, Archbishop of Mtskheta-Tbilisi and Metropolitan bishop of Abkhazia and Pitsunda
|Ilia II
|1977
|-
|Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, and Serbian Patriarch
|Irinej
|2010
|-
|Patriarch of All Romania, Archbishop of Bucharest
|Daniel
|2007
|-
|Metropolitan of Sofia and Patriarch of All Bulgaria
|Neofit
|2013
|-
|Archbishop of New Justiniana and all [[Place:Cyprus|Cyprus]]
|Chrysostomos II
|2006
|-
|Archbishop of [[Place:Athens|Athens]] and all Greece
|Ieronymos II
|2008
|-
|Archbishop of [[Place:Tirana|Tirana]] and all Albania
|Anastasios
|1992
|-
|Archbishop of [[Place:Warsaw|Warsaw]] and Metropolitan of All {{wipe|Poland}}
|Sawa
|1998
|-
|Archbishop of Prešov and [[Place:Prague|Prague]], Metropolitan of [[Place:Czech Republic|Czech lands]] and Slovakia
|{{Interlanguage link multi|Rastislav (Gont){{!}}Rastislav|cs|3=Rastislav (arcibiskup)}}
|2014
|-
|Archbishop of [[Place:Washington, D.C.|Washington]], Metropolitan of All {{wipe|United States}} and {{wipe|Canada}}
|Tikhon
|2012
|}
{{Clear}}

==Oriental Orthodoxy==

===Distribution===
Oriental Orthodoxy is the dominant religion in [[Place:Armenia|Armenia]] (94%), the ethnically Armenian [[Place:Republic of Artsakh|Artsakh]] (98%), Ethiopia (44%, the total Christian population being 63%), and Eritrea (47%, the total Christian population being 54%).

Oriental Orthodoxy is especially the dominant religion in the two Ethiopian regions of Amhara (82%) and Tigray (95%), as well as the chartered city of [[Place:Addis Ababa|Addis Ababa]] (75%). It is also important in Oromia Region (31%).

Oriental Orthodoxy is also one of two dominant religions in Eritrea (47%), especially in its highland regions Maekel Region (87%) and Debub Region (86%).

It is a significant minority religion in [[Place:Egypt|Egypt]] (10%), Sudan (5%, the total Christian population being 15%), [[Place:Syria|Syria]] (3%, the total Christian population being 10-11% the rest being Greek Orthodox, Catholic and Church of the East), [[Place:Lebanon|Lebanon]] (2%, the total Christian population being 40%) and Kerala, {{wipe|India}} (1%, the total Christian population being 2.3%).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.syrianchurch.org/MalankaraChurch/DEFAULT.HTM |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-10-16 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016110920/http://www.syrianchurch.org/MalankaraChurch/DEFAULT.HTM |archivedate=2013-10-16 |df= }}</ref>

===Predominantly Oriental Orthodox Christian countries===
Oriental Orthodoxy is the largest single religious faith in:
*{{flag|Armenia}}
*{{flag|Eritrea}}
*{{flag|Ethiopia}}

Countries with a high percentage of Oriental Orthodox Christians include:
*{{flag|Egypt}}
*{{flag|Libya}}
*{{flag|Sudan}}
*{{flag|Syria}}
*{{flag|Lebanon}}
*{{flag|India}}

===Oriental Orthodox churches in full communion===
* The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
** The British Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom
** The French Coptic Orthodox Church in France
* The Armenian Apostolic Church
** The Holy See of Cilicia
** The Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople
** The Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem
* The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
* The Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church
* The [[Organization:Syriac Orthodox Church|Syriac Orthodox Church]] of Antioch
** The Malankara Jacobite Syriac Orthodox Church
* The Indian (Malankara) Orthodox Syrian Church

== Statistics ==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Country
! data-sort-type="number" | Christian Orthodox population<ref>[http://www.3saints.com/orth_population.html]</ref><ref>[[Religion:Eastern Orthodox Church#Number of adherents|Eastern Orthodox Church]]</ref>
! data-sort-type="number" | Orthodox percentage (%) of total population
! data-sort-type="number" | Orthodox percentage (%) of World Orthodox population
|-
|{{flag|Albania}}
| style="text-align:right;" |240,000<ref name="pewforum1"/>
| style="background:#0000ff; color:white; text-align:center;" |6.78
| style="text-align:center;" |0.1
|-
|{{flag|Armenia}}
|style="text-align:right;"|3,220,236
|style="background:#550000; color:white; text-align:center;"|98.80
|style="text-align:center;"|1.17
|-
|{{flag|Azerbaijan}}
|style="text-align:right;"|260,000<ref name="pewforum1"/>
|style="background:#8ca0ff; text-align:center;"|1.77
|style="text-align:center;"|0.05
|-
|{{flag|Australia}}
|style="text-align:right;"|567,680
|style="background:#8ca0ff; text-align:center;"|2.43
|style="text-align:center;"|0.26
|-
|{{flag|Belarus}}
|style="text-align:right;"|4,800,000-5,900,000<ref name="pewforum1"/>
|style="background:#0000ff; color:white; text-align:center;"|48.3-61.5<ref name="pewforum1"/>
|style="text-align:center;"|2.3<ref name="pewforum1"/>
|-
|{{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
|style="text-align:right;"|1,440,000<ref name="pewforum1"/>
|style="background:#0000ff; color:white; text-align:center;"|31
|style="text-align:center;"|0.49
|-
|{{flag|Brazil}}
|style="text-align:right;"|130,000<ref name="pewforum1"/>
|style="background:#0000ff; color:white; text-align:center;"|0.4
|style="text-align:center;"|0.02
|-
|{{flag|Bulgaria}}
|style="text-align:right;"|4,374,135-6,220,000<ref name="pewforum1"/>
|style="background:#0000aa; color:white; text-align:center;"|59.4<ref>{{cite web|title=Field Listing :: Religions|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2122.html|publisher=''The World Factbook''. CIA.|accessdate=26 January 2015}}</ref>-83.0<ref name="pewforum1"/>
|style="text-align:center;"|2.4<ref name="pewforum1"/>
|-
|{{flag|Canada}}
|style="text-align:right;"|581,553
|style="background:#8ca0ff; text-align:center;"|1.70
|style="text-align:center;"|0.21
|-
|{{flag|Croatia}}
|style="text-align:right;"|194,134
|style="background:#8ca0ff; text-align:center;"|4.40
|style="text-align:center;"|0.07
|-
|{{flag|Cyprus}}
|style="text-align:right;"|625,444
|style="background:#000055; color:white; text-align:center;"|78
|style="text-align:center;"|0.23
|-
|{{flag|Czech Republic}}
|style="text-align:right;"|21,002
|style="background:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;"|0.2
|style="text-align:center;"|0.008
|-
|{{flag|Egypt}}
|style="text-align:right;"|7,609,500
|style="background:#ff5555; text-align:center;"|9
|style="text-align:center;"|2.38
|-
|{{flag|Eritrea}}
|style="text-align:right;"|2,530,000
|style="background:#d40000; color:white; text-align:center;"|47
|style="text-align:center;"|1.2
|-
|{{flag|Estonia}}
|style="text-align:right;"|250,000<ref name="pewforum1"/>
|style="background:#5555ff; text-align:center;"|13.7
|style="text-align:center;"|0.06
|-
|{{flag|Ethiopia}}
|style="text-align:right;"|45,000,000
|style="background:#d40000; color:white; text-align:center;"|44
|style="text-align:center;"|13.9<ref name="pewforum1"/>
|-
|{{flag|Finland}}
|style="text-align:right;"|59,000
|style="background:#8ca0ff; text-align:center;"|1.1
|style="text-align:center;"|0.02
|-
|{{flag|Georgia}}
|style="text-align:right;"|3,820,000<ref name="pewforum1"/>
|style="background:#000055; color:white; text-align:center;"|87.8<ref name="pewforum1"/>
|style="text-align:center;"|1.5<ref name="pewforum1"/>
|-
|{{flag|Germany}}
|style="text-align:right;"|1,140,000<ref name="pewforum1"/>
|style="background:#8ca0ff; text-align:center;"|1.5
|style="text-align:center;"|0.6
|-
|{{flag|Greece}}
|style="text-align:right;"|10,030,000<ref name="pewforum1"/>
|style="background:#000055; color:white; text-align:center;"|88.3<ref name="pewforum1"/>
|style="text-align:center;"|3.7<ref name="pewforum1"/>
|-
|{{flag|India}}
|style="text-align:right;"|3,800,059
|style="background:#FFFFFF; text-align:center; text-align:center;"|0.4
|style="text-align:center;"|1.38
|-
|{{flag|Iran}}
|style="text-align:right;"|250,000<ref name=Farsinet>{{Cite web| last = Price | first = Massoume | title = History of Christians and Christianity in Iran | work = Christianity in Iran | publisher = FarsiNet Inc. | date = December 2002 | url = http://www.farsinet.com/iranbibl/christians_in_iran_history.html | doi =| accessdate = 1 December 2009}}</ref>-300,000<ref name="IRFR2009-Iran">{{cite web  | author = U.S. State Department  | title = Iran – International Religious Freedom Report 2009  | publisher = The Office of Electronic Information, Bureau of Public Affairs  | date = 2009-10-26  | url = https://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2009/127347.htm  | accessdate = 2009-12-01}}</ref>
|style="background:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;"|0.1
|style="text-align:center;"|0.03
|-
|{{flag|Iraq}}
|style="text-align:right;"|629,340
|style="background:#ffaaaa; text-align:center;"|2
|style="text-align:center;"|0.23
|-
|{{flag|Israel}}
|style="text-align:right;"|To be determined
|style="background:#8ca0ff; text-align:center;"|over 1
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|{{flag|Jordan}}
|style="text-align:right;"|310,656
|style="background:#8ca0ff; text-align:center;"|4.8
|style="text-align:center;"|0.11
|-
|{{flag|Kazakhstan}}
|style="text-align:right;"|4,193,271
|style="background:#0000ff; color:white; text-align:center;"|26.19
|style="text-align:center;"|1.52
|-
|{{flag|Kyrgyzstan}}
|style="text-align:right;"|540,000<ref name="pewforum1"/>
|style="background:#5555ff; text-align:center;"|8.26
|style="text-align:center;"|0.16
|-
|{{flag|Latvia}}
|style="text-align:right;"|370,000<ref name="pewforum1"/>
|style="background:#5555ff; text-align:center;"|15.70
|style="text-align:center;"|0.13
|-
|{{flag|Lebanon}}
|style="text-align:right;"|851,000
|style="background:#5555ff; text-align:center;"|8
|style="text-align:center;"|0.31
|-
|{{flag|Lithuania}}
|style="text-align:right;"|141,821
|style="background:#8ca0ff; text-align:center;"|4.05
|style="text-align:center;"|0.05
|-
|{{flag|Macedonia, Republic of}}
|style="text-align:right;"|1,330,000<ref name="pewforum1"/>
|style="background:#0000aa; color:white; text-align:center;"|64.80
|style="text-align:center;"|0.48
|-
|{{flag|Moldova}}
|style="text-align:right;"|3,321,853
|style="background:#000055; color:white; text-align:center;"|93.30
|style="text-align:center;"|1.20
|-
|{{flag|Montenegro}}
|style="text-align:right;"|446,858
|style="background:#0000aa; color:white; text-align:center;"|72.07
|style="text-align:center;"|0.16
|-
|{{flag|Norway}}
|style="text-align:right;"|9,894
|style="background:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;"|0.02
|style="text-align:center;"|0.004
|-
|{{flag|Palestine}}
|style="text-align:right;"|118,057
|style="background:#8ca0ff; text-align:center;"|3
|style="text-align:center;"|0.04
|-
|{{flag|Poland}}
|style="text-align:right;"|763,347
|style="background:#8ca0ff; text-align:center;"|2
|style="text-align:center;"|0.28
|-
|{{flag|Romania}}
|style="text-align:right;"|18,750,000<ref name="pewforum1"/>
|style="background:#000055; color:white; text-align:center;"|87.3<ref name="pewforum1"/>
|style="text-align:center;"|7.2<ref name="pewforum1"/>
|-
|{{flag|Russia}}
|style="text-align:right;"|58,190,191-99,775,000<ref name="pewforum1"/>
|style="background:#0000aa; color:white; text-align:center;"|41-77.0<ref>http://wciom.ru/index.php?id=268&uid=13365 VTSIOM</ref><ref>http://www.pewforum.org/2011/12/19/global-christianity-exec/ Pew</ref> 
|style="text-align:center;"|39.0<ref name="pewforum1"/>
|-
|{{flag|Serbia}}
|style="text-align:right;"|6,630,000<ref name="pewforum1"/>
|style="background:#000055; color:white; text-align:center;"|86.3<ref name="pewforum1"/>
|style="text-align:center;"|3.2<ref name="pewforum1"/>
|-
|{{flag|Slovakia}}
|style="text-align:right;"|50,363
|style="background:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;"|0.9
|style="text-align:center;"|0.02
|-
|{{flag|Sweden}}
|style="text-align:right;"|103,027
|style="background:#8ca0ff; text-align:center;"|1.1
|style="text-align:center;"|0.04
|-
|{{flag|Syria}}
|style="text-align:right;"|1,800,400
|style="background:#5555ff; text-align:center;"|8
|style="text-align:center;"|0.07
|-
|{{flag|Tajikistan}}
|style="text-align:right;"|80,000<ref name="pewforum1"/>
|style="background:#8ca0ff; text-align:center;"|1.18
|style="text-align:center;"|0.03
|-
|{{flag|Turkey}}
|style="text-align:right;"|180,000<ref name="cia-rel">{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2122.html#tu|title=Religions|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|accessdate=9 February 2013}}</ref><ref name="pewforum1"/>
|style="background:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;"|0.1
|style="text-align:center;"|0.03
|-
|{{flag|Turkmenistan}}
|style="text-align:right;"|270,000<ref name="pewforum1"/>
|style="background:#8ca0ff; text-align:center;"|2
|style="text-align:center;"|0.04
|-
|{{flag|Ukraine}}
|style="text-align:right;"|27,802,000-34,850,000<ref name="pewforum1"/>
|style="background:#0000aa; color:white; text-align:center;"|65.4<ref name=Razumkov2016>[http://old.razumkov.org.ua/upload/Religiya_200516_A4.compressed.pdf РЕЛІГІЯ, ЦЕРКВА, СУСПІЛЬСТВО І ДЕРЖАВА: ДВА РОКИ ПІСЛЯ МАЙДАНУ (''Religion, Church, Society and State: Two Years after Maidan'')], 2016 report by Razumkov Center in collaboration with the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches. pp. 27-29. [https://web.archive.org/web/20170422181327/http://old.razumkov.org.ua/upload/Religiya_200516_A4.compressed.pdf Archived].</ref>-76.7<ref name="pewforum1">{{cite web|url=http://www.pewforum.org/files/2011/12/Christianity-fullreport-web.pdf |title=Pewforum: Christianity (2010) |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=2014-05-14}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center;"|13.4<ref name="pewforum1"/>
|-
|{{flag|United States}}
|style="text-align:right;"|5,269,864
|style="background:#8ca0ff; text-align:center;"|1.7
|style="text-align:center;"|1.91
|-
|{{flag|Uzbekistan}}
|style="text-align:right;"|470,000<ref name="pewforum1"/>
|style="background:#8ca0ff; text-align:center;"|1.79
|style="text-align:center;"|0.18
|-
|ⴲ [[Philosophy:World|World]]
|style="text-align:right;"|260,000,000<ref name="pewforum1"/>
|style="background:#8ca0ff; text-align:center;"|4<ref name="pewforum1"/>
|style="text-align:center;"|100
|}

==See also==
* Christianity by country
* List of Christian denominations by number of members
* Protestants by country
* Roman Catholicism by country

'''Other religions:'''
* Islam by country
* [[Religion:Judaism by country|Jews by country]]
* Hinduism by country
* Buddhism by country
* [[Religion:Irreligion|No Faith by Country]]

'''General:'''
* [[Religion:List of religious populations|List of religious populations]]

== References ==
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