Eastern Orthodoxy in Europe
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 Bosnia, 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.Eastern Orthodoxy in Orthodox majority countries
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Moldova, 97.0%
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Greece, 90%
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Serbia, 84.6%
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Georgia, 83.4%
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Romania, 81.0%
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Russia, 79%
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Bulgaria, 77%
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Cyprus, 73.2%
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Belarus, 73%
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Montenegro, 72.1%
- Eastern Orthodoxy in North Macedonia, 69.6%
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Ukraine, 67.3%
Eastern Orthodoxy in non-Orthodox majority countries
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 31.0%
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Latvia, 19.4%
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Estonia, 16.15%
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Austria, 8.8%
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Albania, 8%
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Lithuania, 4.9%
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Croatia, 4.44%
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Italy, 3.5%
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Germany, 2.4%
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Slovenia, 2.3%
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Spain, 2.2%
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Poland, 1.5%
- Eastern Orthodoxy in the Republic of Ireland, 1.3%
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Finland, 1.09%
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Slovakia, 0.9%
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Norway, 0.22%
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Armenia, 0.2%
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Hungary, 0.1%