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The percentage of Christians in Turkey, home to an historically large and influential Eastern Orthodox community, fell from 19% in 1914 to 2.5% in 1927, [20] due to genocide, [21] demographic upheavals caused by the population exchange between Greece and Turkey, [22] and the emigration of Christians to foreign countries (mostly in Europe and ...
A map of Oriental Orthodoxy by population percentage. The Oriental Orthodox Churches are those descended from those that rejected the Council of Chalcedon in 451. Despite the similar name, they are therefore a different branch of Christianity from the Eastern Orthodox (see above). There are an estimated 62 million Oriental Orthodox Christians ...
There are also large Christian communities in other parts of the world, such as Indonesia, Central Asia, the Middle East, and West Africa where Christianity is the second-largest religion after Islam. The United States has the largest Christian population in the world, followed by Brazil, Mexico, Russia, and the Philippines. [12]
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Oriental Orthodoxy is the dominant religion in Armenia (94%), and Ethiopia (44%, the total Christian population being roughly 67%). [citation needed]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 Addis Ababa (75%).
Data derived from Pew Research Christian Population as Percentages of Total Population by Country; Author: M Tracy Hunter, Petermgrund: Permission (Reusing this file) Must attribute to Peter M. Grund if used elsewhere, other than on Wikimedia and its projects.
Orthodoxy by country may refer to: Eastern Orthodoxy by country; Oriental Orthodoxy by country This page was last edited on 4 ...
The largest Christian population in Turkey is located in Istanbul, which has a large community of Armenians and Greeks. Istanbul is also where the Patriarchate of Greek Orthodox Christianity is located. Antioch, located in Turkey's Hatay province, is the original seat of the namesake Antiochian Orthodox Church, but is now the titular see. The ...