Index
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| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Orthodox | Finland | - | 1.00% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 4 - Europe. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998); pg. 153-154. | "Location: Finland; Population: 5 million "; "An estimated 1% of Finns belong to the Orthodox Church... " |
| Eastern Orthodox | France | - | 0.50% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions "; total population: 57,188,000 |
| Eastern Orthodox | Georgia (country) | - | - | - | - | 1054 C.E. | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 4 - Europe. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998); pg. 172-173. | "As Christianity became a part of the Georgian institution, the state began to dissociate itself from the East and started looking to Western cultural and historical influences. However, when the split between the Roman (Catholic) and Constantinople (Orthodox) Churches occurred in 1054, the Georgian Church sided with Orthodoxy. " |
| Eastern Orthodox | Georgia (country) | 3,870,032 | 75.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Christian Orthodox 75% (Georgian Orthodox 65%, Russian Orthodox 10%), Muslim 11%, Armenian Apostolic 8%, unknown 6%; Total Population: 5,160,042. |
| Eastern Orthodox | Georgia (country): Abkhazia - Abkhazians | 70,000 | 70.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* Gamming, Jenny. They have a flag-but no country " in Swedish Expressen, 17 Aug. 1997. (Viewed 16 Aug. 1999). Unrepresented Nations & Peoples Organisation web site. Translated by SSF/Goran Hansson. | "In Abkhazia... lives about 525,000 inhabitants of which 100,000 are ethnic Abkhasians. 70% are Orthodox Christians and 30% Sunni Muslims... " |
| Eastern Orthodox | Germany | - | 0.50% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions "; total population: 80,000,000 |
| Eastern Orthodox | Greece | 9,180,000 | 90.00% | - | - | 1998 | "Reformer picked to head Greek church " in Christian Century (June 3-10, 1998); pg. 572. | "Orthodoxy is the constitutionally recognized state religion in Greece, where more than 90 percent of the nation's 10.2 million people have been baptized into the church. " |
| Eastern Orthodox | Greece | 9,700,000 | 97.00% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 4 - Europe. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998); pg. 182-183. | "Location: Greece; Population: Over 10 million; Religion: Eastern Orthodox Church of Christ "; "The Eastern Orthodox Church of Christ plays a central role in Greek life. During the 400 rules of Ottoman rule, the Orthodox Church was the main unifying force of the Greek people... Over 97% of today's Greeks belong to the Orthodox Church, which is described in the 1975 constitution as the 'established religion' of Greece. Although freedom of religion is guaranteed to all Greeks, the Orthodox Church enjoys a special relationship with the government. " |
| Eastern Orthodox | Guyana | - | 1.50% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Eastern Orthodox | Israel | - | 1.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions "; total population: 5,438,000 |
| Eastern Orthodox | Jordan | - | 2.50% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions "; total population: 3,813,000 |
| Eastern Orthodox | Kazakhstan | - | 25.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions "; total population: 17,206,000 |
| Eastern Orthodox | Kosovo | - | - | 1,300 units |
- | 1999 | *LINK* Mertens, Richard (Religious News Service). "Kosovo's Ethnic Violence Taking Toll on Sacred Sites " in Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Oct. 1999 (v. online 3 Oct. 99). | "According to Orthodox officials, 1,300 churches and monasteries are scattered throughout Kosovo, some of them from the 13th century, well before the Turks brought Islam to the Balkans. The attacks against the Orthodox churches strike at this legacy, and at the very roots of the Serb presence in Kosovo. Some of the churches have been looted and burned. Others, like the churches in Musutiste, have been demolished with explosives, suggesting to some the motive is not simple revenge but a systematic effort to drive Serbs from Kosovo. The oldest and most prized Orthodox sites, celebrated for their old frescoes and impressive architecture, have thus far been spared, largely because of NATO's protection. " |
| Eastern Orthodox | Latin America | 481,000 | 0.10% | - | - | 1995 | The World Almanac and Book of Facts 1997 (K-111 Reference Corp.: Mahwah, NJ), [Source: 1996 Encyc. Britannica Book of the Year]; pg. 646. | Table: "Adherents of All Religions by Six Continental Areas, Mid-1995 " |
| Eastern Orthodox | Latin America | 460,000 | 0.09% | - | - | 1996 | The World Almanac & Book of Facts 1998 (K-111 Reference Corp.: Mahwah, NJ), [Source: 1997 Encyc. Britannica Book of the Year]; pg. 654. | Table: "Adherents of All Religions by Six Continental Areas, Mid-1996 " |
| Eastern Orthodox | Latin America | 1,764,000 | 0.40% | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* web site: "The Geography of Religion Website " (assembled by the students of Morehead State University, under Prof. Timothy C. Pitts); web page: "The Geography of Eastern Orthodoxy " (viewed 2 March 1999); [Orig. source: Markham, Ian S., (Editor), A World Religions Reader. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers (1996), pp. 356-357.] | table with 3 columns: "Area "; "Adherents "; "Population Percentage " |
| Eastern Orthodox | Latvia | - | 8.90% | - | - | 1935 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 4 - Europe. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998); pg. 225. | "In 1935, 55.1% of Latvians were Lutheran, 24.4% were Roman Catholic, 8.9 were Orthodox, 5.5% were Old Believers, 4.8% were Jewish, and the rest belonged to other religions. " |
| Eastern Orthodox | Lebanon | - | 13.50% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions "; total population: 3,286,000 |
| Eastern Orthodox | Macedonia | 1,337,226 | 67.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Eastern Orthodox 67%, Muslim 30%, other 3%; Total pop.: 1,995,859 (July 1997 est.) note: the Macedonian government census of July 1994 put the population at 1.94 million, but ethnic allocations were likely undercounted; [Location listed as "Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of "] |
| Eastern Orthodox | Manitoba | 20,750 | 1.90% | - | - | 1991 | Gall, Timothy L. & Susan Bevan Gall (editors). Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Canadian Provinces. Detroit: U.X.L. (1997), [Orig. source: Canadian Census]; pg. 24. | "In 1991, 51% of all Manitobans--556,89 people--were Protestant... About 20,750 Manitobans were of Eastern Orthodox faith and approximately 14,200 were Jewish. " |
| Eastern Orthodox | Manitoba | 20,700 | 1.92% | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* web site: "Statistics Canada "; web page: "Population, by religion, 1991 Census " (viewed 9 Jan. 1999); Source: Statistics Canada, Catalogue no. 93-319-XPB. | table: "Population, by religion, 1991 Census " |
| Eastern Orthodox | Moldova | - | - | 864 units |
- | 1992 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 4 - Europe. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998); pg. 253. | "As of the early 1990s, Moldova had 853 Orthodox churches and 11 Orthodox monasteries. There were also 14 Old Believers churches... and a monastery. After independence [1991], construction or restoration for over 200 churches was begun. " |
| Eastern Orthodox | Moldova | 4,405,905 | 98.50% | - | - | 1994 | *LINK* Library of Congress Country Studies | 4,473,033 [total pop.] (1994). About 98.5 percent Eastern Orthodox (1991); also, Uniate, Jewish, Armenian Apostolic, Seventh-Day Adventist, Baptist, Pentecostal, and Molokan. |
| Eastern Orthodox | Moldova | 4,390,348 | 98.50% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Total population: 4,457,206 (1997 est.); Eastern Orthodox 98.5%, Jewish 1.5%, Baptist (only about 1,000 members) (1991) note: the large majority of churchgoers are ethnic Moldavian |
| Eastern Orthodox | Moldova | 4,312,000 | 98.00% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 4 - Europe. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998); pg. 251, 253. | "Location: Moldova; Population4.4 million [total population of country; 65% are ethnic Moldovans] "; "Because of the influence of Romanian culture, most Moldovans (98%) associate with the Orthodox Church, although there are also some Uniates. Before the Soviet era, most ethnic Romanians in Moldova belonged to the Romanian Orthodox Church, but the Russian Orthodox Church maintains jurisdiction over the area today. " |
| Eastern Orthodox | Montenegro | - | 69.00% | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* web site: "Yugoslavia.com "; web page: "Population: Religion " (viewed 30 Jan. 1999). [Orig. source: Source: Federal Buerau of Statistics, 1991., Veroispovest, volum 2 - 1993.] | "The Orthodox population is the most numerous (80%), but it is not equally present in all regions of the country. Most of the Orthodox believers live in Central Serbia (over 90%). This population is above the Republic average in Belgrade (84%), and below the average in Montenegro (69%) and Vojvodina (58%), and particularly in Kosovo and Metohija. " |
| Eastern Orthodox | New Brunswick | - | - | - | - | 1991 | Gall, Timothy L. & Susan Bevan Gall (editors). Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Canadian Provinces. Detroit: U.X.L. (1997), [Orig. source: Canadian Census]; pg. 57. | "In 1991... There were about 290,300 Protestants (40.1% of the population)... New Brunswick also had about 5,800 Buddhists, and less than 750 people each of the following: people of Eastern Orthodox faith, Jews, and Hindus. " |
| Eastern Orthodox | New Brunswick | 800 | 0.11% | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* web site: "Statistics Canada "; web page: "Population, by religion, 1991 Census " (viewed 9 Jan. 1999); Source: Statistics Canada, Catalogue no. 93-319-XPB. | table: "Population, by religion, 1991 Census " |
| Eastern Orthodox | New York: Buffalo | 4,482 | - | 3 units |
- | 1926 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997). [Orig. source: 1926 U.S. govt. census from Bureau of the Census, 1930, vol. 1]; pg. 8. | "Table 31. Number of churches, membership [incl. children]... 1926 "; Reports prepared by pastors/boards of elders. Three bodies listed under subheading "Eastern Orthodox Churches ": Greek Orthodox Church (Hellenic), Roumanian Orthodox Church, Russian Orthodox Church. |
| Eastern Orthodox | Newfoundland | - | - | - | - | 1991 | Gall, Timothy L. & Susan Bevan Gall (editors). Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Canadian Provinces. Detroit: U.X.L. (1997), [Orig. source: Canadian Census]; pg. 73. | "In 1991, 61% of the population, or about 346,800 people was Protestant... The province also had... less than 600 people of the following: people of the Eastern Orthodox faith, Moslems, and Hindus. " |
| Eastern Orthodox | Newfoundland | 400 | 0.07% | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* web site: "Statistics Canada "; web page: "Population, by religion, 1991 Census " (viewed 9 Jan. 1999); Source: Statistics Canada, Catalogue no. 93-319-XPB. | table: "Population, by religion, 1991 Census " |
| Eastern Orthodox | North America | 4,750,000 | - | - | - | 1981 | Popenoe, David. Sociology (5th Ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc. (1983). [Source: 1981 Britannica Book of the Year]; pg. 433. | Table: Membership in the Major Religions of the World "; North America in this table "includes Central America and West Indies. " |
| Eastern Orthodox | North America | 4,782,000 | 1.27% | - | - | 1982 | Robertson, Ian. Sociology (2nd ed.); New York, NY: Worth Publishers (1981 2nd edition; updated since 1977 1st ed.). [Orig. source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Book of the Year, 1982]; pg. 405. | Table: "Estimated membership of the principal religions of the world " |
| Eastern Orthodox | North America | 3,500,000 | - | - | - | 1985 | Roussou, Maria. I Am a Greek Orthodox. London: Franklin Watts (1985); pg. 30. | "The different branches of the Orthodox Church in the world are thought to have a total membership of 150 million members... There are about 3 1/2 million Orthodox people in North America. " |
| Eastern Orthodox | North America | 6,480,000 | 2.21% | - | - | 1995 | The World Almanac and Book of Facts 1997 (K-111 Reference Corp.: Mahwah, NJ), [Source: 1996 Encyc. Britannica Book of the Year]; pg. 646. | Table: "Adherents of All Religions by Six Continental Areas, Mid-1995 " |
| Eastern Orthodox | North America | 6,390,000 | 2.16% | - | - | 1996 | The World Almanac & Book of Facts 1998 (K-111 Reference Corp.: Mahwah, NJ), [Source: 1997 Encyc. Britannica Book of the Year]; pg. 654. | Table: "Adherents of All Religions by Six Continental Areas, Mid-1996 " |
| Eastern Orthodox | North America | 6,008,000 | 2.10% | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* web site: "The Geography of Religion Website " (assembled by the students of Morehead State University, under Prof. Timothy C. Pitts); web page: "The Geography of Eastern Orthodoxy " (viewed 2 March 1999); [Orig. source: Markham, Ian S., (Editor), A World Religions Reader. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers (1996), pp. 356-357.] | table with 3 columns: "Area "; "Adherents "; "Population Percentage " |
| Eastern Orthodox | Northwest Territories | 200 | 0.35% | - | - | 1991 | Gall, Timothy L. & Susan Bevan Gall (editors). Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Canadian Provinces. Detroit: U.X.L. (1997), [Orig. source: Canadian Census]; pg. 88. | "In 1991, 50% of the population--about 28,800 people--was Protestant... The territory also had about 22,000 Catholics and almost 200 people of Eastern Orthodox faith. " |
| Eastern Orthodox | Northwest Territories | 200 | 0.35% | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* web site: "Statistics Canada "; web page: "Population, by religion, 1991 Census " (viewed 9 Jan. 1999); Source: Statistics Canada, Catalogue no. 93-319-XPB. | table: "Population, by religion, 1991 Census " |
| Eastern Orthodox | Nova Scotia | 2,700 | 0.30% | - | - | 1991 | Gall, Timothy L. & Susan Bevan Gall (editors). Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Canadian Provinces. Detroit: U.X.L. (1997), [Source: Canadian Census]; pg. 102. | "Nova Scotia also had about 334,800 Roman Catholics (37,2% of the population), and 2,700 people of Eastern Orthodox faith... " |
| Eastern Orthodox | Nova Scotia | 2,300 | 0.26% | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* web site: "Statistics Canada "; web page: "Population, by religion, 1991 Census " (viewed 9 Jan. 1999); Source: Statistics Canada, Catalogue no. 93-319-XPB. | table: "Population, by religion, 1991 Census " |
| Eastern Orthodox | Oceania | 409,000 | - | - | - | 1981 | Popenoe, David. Sociology (5th Ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc. (1983). [Source: 1981 Britannica Book of the Year]; pg. 433. | Table: Membership in the Major Religions of the World "; Oceania: "Includes Australia, New Zealand, and South Pacific Islands " |
| Eastern Orthodox | Oceania | 409,000 | 1.78% | - | - | 1982 | Robertson, Ian. Sociology (2nd ed.); New York, NY: Worth Publishers (1981 2nd edition; updated since 1977 1st ed.). [Orig. source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Book of the Year, 1982]; pg. 405. | Table: "Estimated membership of the principal religions of the world " |
| Eastern Orthodox | Oceania | 666,000 | 2.33% | - | - | 1995 | The World Almanac and Book of Facts 1997 (K-111 Reference Corp.: Mahwah, NJ), [Source: 1996 Encyc. Britannica Book of the Year]; pg. 646. | Table: "Adherents of All Religions by Six Continental Areas, Mid-1995 " |
| Eastern Orthodox | Oceania | 650,000 | 2.24% | - | - | 1996 | The World Almanac & Book of Facts 1998 (K-111 Reference Corp.: Mahwah, NJ), [Source: 1997 Encyc. Britannica Book of the Year]; pg. 654. | Table: "Adherents of All Religions by Six Continental Areas, Mid-1996 " |
| Eastern Orthodox | Oceania | 576,000 | 2.10% | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* web site: "The Geography of Religion Website " (assembled by the students of Morehead State University, under Prof. Timothy C. Pitts); web page: "The Geography of Eastern Orthodoxy " (viewed 2 March 1999); [Orig. source: Markham, Ian S., (Editor), A World Religions Reader. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers (1996), pp. 356-357.] | table with 3 columns: "Area "; "Adherents "; "Population Percentage " |
| Eastern Orthodox | Ohio: Cleveland | 90,000 | - | 16 units |
- | 1957 | Spence, Hartzell. The Story of America's Religions; New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston (1960) [1st printing 1957]; pg. 127. | "An example of Eastern Orthodoxy of the future may well be shaping up in CLeveland, Ohio. Here, at latest count, there are 16 Orthodox parishes with 10 new churches under construction... 90,000 members who are under 7 dif. ecclesiastical jurisdictions. " |
| Eastern Orthodox | Ontario | 191,600 | 1.90% | - | - | 1991 | Gall, Timothy L. & Susan Bevan Gall (editors). Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Canadian Provinces. Detroit: U.X.L. (1997), [Source: Canadian Census]; pg. 121. | "In 1991, 44.4% of the population, or 4,477,700 people was Protestant... There were 191,600 people of Eastern Orthodox faith, 181,500 Jews... " |
| Eastern Orthodox | Ontario | 187,900 | 1.88% | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* web site: "Statistics Canada "; web page: "Population, by religion, 1991 Census " (viewed 9 Jan. 1999); Source: Statistics Canada, Catalogue no. 93-319-XPB. | table: "Population, by religion, 1991 Census " |
| Eastern Orthodox | Prince Edward Island | - | - | - | - | 1991 | Gall, Timothy L. & Susan Bevan Gall (editors). Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Canadian Provinces. Detroit: U.X.L. (1997), [Source: Canadian Census]; pg. 138. | "The province also had less than 150 each of the following people of Eastern Orthodox faith, Sikhs, and Jews. " |
| Eastern Orthodox | Prince Edward Island | 100 | 0.08% | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* web site: "Statistics Canada "; web page: "Population, by religion, 1991 Census " (viewed 9 Jan. 1999); Source: Statistics Canada, Catalogue no. 93-319-XPB. | table: "Population, by religion, 1991 Census " |
| Eastern Orthodox | Quebec | 89,600 | 1.30% | - | - | 1991 | Gall, Timothy L. & Susan Bevan Gall (editors). Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Canadian Provinces. Detroit: U.X.L. (1997). [Orig. source: Canadian Census]; pg. 153-154. | "Only 5.9% of the population, or about 406,900 people, was Protestant... Quebec also had about 96,500 Jews, 89,600 people of Eastern Orthodox faith... " |
| Eastern Orthodox | Quebec | 89,300 | 1.31% | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* web site: "Statistics Canada "; web page: "Population, by religion, 1991 Census " (viewed 9 Jan. 1999); Source: Statistics Canada, Catalogue no. 93-319-XPB. | table: "Population, by religion, 1991 Census " |
| Eastern Orthodox | Romania | - | 83.00% | - | - | 1997 | Burke, Patrick. Eastern Europe. Austin, Texas: Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers (1997); pg. 24. | "In Bulgaria and Romania, most Christians belong to the country's Orthodox Church (83% of Romania's population, for example). " |
| Eastern Orthodox | Romania | - | 69.50% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions "; total population: 23,816,000 |
| Eastern Orthodox | Russia | - | 55.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions "; total population: 153,646,000 |
| Eastern Orthodox | Russia: St. Petersburg | 3,600,000 | 60.00% | - | - | 1991 | Chalfant, H. Paul, et al. Religion in Contemporary Society (3rd Ed.); Itasca, Illinois: F.E. Peacock Publishers (1994); pg. 244. | "Lefevere (1991:11) quotes Archpriest Vladimir Sorokin, rector of the Russian Orthodox Theological Academy and Seminary, as saying that the 6 million pop. of St. petersburg is 60% Orthodox, about 10 to 15% 'militantly atheists,' while the rest are Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, or Muslim. " |
| Eastern Orthodox | Saskatchewan | - | 2.00% | - | - | 1991 | Gall, Timothy L. & Susan Bevan Gall (editors). Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Canadian Provinces. Detroit: U.X.L. (1997), [Source: Canadian Census]; pg. 172. | "About 2% of Saskatchewans are Eastern Orthodox. " |
| Eastern Orthodox | Saskatchewan | 19,500 | 2.00% | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* web site: "Statistics Canada "; web page: "Population, by religion, 1991 Census " (viewed 9 Jan. 1999); Source: Statistics Canada, Catalogue no. 93-319-XPB. | table: "Population, by religion, 1991 Census " |
| Eastern Orthodox | Serbia and Montenegro | 7,295,504 | 65.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Total population: 11,223,853 (July 1997 est.) (Montenegro - 680,212; Serbia - 10,543,641). Orthodox 65%, Muslim 19%, Roman Catholic 4%, Protestant 1%, other 11% |
| Eastern Orthodox | Slovakia | 220,894 | 4.10% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Total population: 5,387,665. Roman Catholic 60.3%, atheist 9.7%, Protestant 8.4%, Orthodox 4.1%, other 17.5% |
| Eastern Orthodox | Slovakia | 217,300 | 4.10% | - | - | 1997 | Shoemaker, M. Wesley. Russia, Eurasian States, and Eastern Europe 1997 (The World Today Series). Harpers Ferry, West Virginia: Stryker-Post Publications (1997); pg. 316. | "Slovak Republic... Population: 5.3 million... Roman Catholic (60.3%), Protestant (8.4%), Orthodox (4.1%), Atheist (9.7%), Other (17.5%). " |
| Eastern Orthodox | South America | 516,000 | - | - | - | 1981 | Popenoe, David. Sociology (5th Ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc. (1983). [Source: 1981 Britannica Book of the Year]; pg. 433. | Table: Membership in the Major Religions of the World " |
| Eastern Orthodox | South America | 514,000 | 0.20% | - | - | 1982 | Robertson, Ian. Sociology (2nd ed.); New York, NY: Worth Publishers (1981 2nd edition; updated since 1977 1st ed.). [Orig. source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Book of the Year, 1982]; pg. 405. | Table: "Estimated membership of the principal religions of the world " |
| Eastern Orthodox | Soviet Union | - | - | 20,000 units |
- | 1959 | Shoemaker, M. Wesley. Russia, Eurasian States, and Eastern Europe 1997 (The World Today Series). Harpers Ferry, West Virginia: Stryker-Post Publications (1997); pg. 89. | "Even so, about 10,000 additional churches were closed between 1959 and 1964--about half the remaining total in the Soviet Union... The Brezhnev regime later permitted 500 of the closed churches to be reopened. Mosques were not reopened... " |
