Eastern Orthodoxy in Europe
Presence of Eastern Orthodoxy Christianity in Europe
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Eastern Orthodoxy constitutes the second largest Christian denomination in Europe. 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.
Eastern Orthodox majority countries
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Moldova, 94.3% (2024 census)[1]
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Greece, 90% (2022 est.)[2]
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Georgia, 83.4% (2014 census)[3]
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Serbia, 81.1% (2022 census)[4]
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Cyprus, 74.5% (2021 census)[5]
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Romania, 73.4% (2021 census)[6]
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Belarus, 73.3% (2011 est.)[7]
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Ukraine, 72% (2022 est.)[8]
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Montenegro, 71.1% (2023 census)[9]
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Bulgaria, 62.7% (2021 census)[10]
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Russia, 61% (2026 est.)[11]
- Eastern Orthodoxy in North Macedonia, 46.1% (2021 census)[12]
Eastern Orthodox minority countries
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 30.7% (2013 census)[13]
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Estonia, 16.3% (2021 census)[14]
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Latvia, 13.3% (2019 est.)[15]
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Albania, 7.2% (2023 census)[16]
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Austria, 4.9% (2021 census)[17]
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Lithuania, 4.4% (2021 census)[18]
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Slovenia, 3.7% (2019 est.)[19]
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Croatia, 3.3% (2021 census)[20]
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Italy, 3% (2023 est.)[21]
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Germany, 1.5% (2024 est.)[22]
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Finland, 1% (2025 census)[23]
