Eastern Orthodoxy in Saudi Arabia

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Eastern Orthodoxy in Saudi Arabia is a Christian minority consisting of people of various nationalities that are adherents of the Eastern Orthodox Church.

The percentage of Saudi Arabian citizens who are Christians is officially zero.^[1] The Saudi Arabian Mutaween (Arabic: مطوعين‎), or Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (i.e., the religious police) prohibits the practice of any religion other than Islam.^[2] The Greek Orthodox have some numerical strength.^[3] Major nationalities in Saudi Arabia include Egyptians, Syrians, Palestinians and Lebanese.^[4]

References

↑ Central Intelligence Agency. "Saudi Arabia". The World Factbook.
↑ International Religious Freedom Report 2008 - Saudi Arabia
↑ http://i-cias.com/e.o/greek_orth.htm
↑ https://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2009/127357.htm

Pentarchy	Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria Patriarch John X of Antioch Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem
National	Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church^{[lower-alpha 1]} Patriarch Irinej of the Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Neophyte of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church Patriarch Ilia II of the Georgian Orthodox Church Patriarch Filaret of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kiev Patriarchate^{[lower-alpha 2]}^[1]^[2]

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churches

Archbishop Chrysostomos II of the Church of Cyprus
Archbishop Ieronymos II of the Church of Greece
Archbishop Anastasios of the Albanian Orthodox Church
Metropolitan Sawa of the Polish Orthodox Church
Metropolitan Rastislav of the Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church
Metropolitan Tikhon of the Orthodox Church in America^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Metropolitan Makariy of Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church^{[lower-alpha 2]}^[1]^[2]

Autonomous
churches

Church of Sinai

Finnish Orthodox Church

Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church^{[lower-alpha 2]}

Latvian Orthodox Church

Japanese Orthodox Church^{[lower-alpha 2]}

Chinese Orthodox Church^{[lower-alpha 2]}

Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)^{[lower-alpha 2]}

Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric

Russian Orthodox Exarchate in Western Europe^{[lower-alpha 2]}

Metropolis of Bessarabia^{[lower-alpha 2]}

Moldovan Orthodox Church^{[lower-alpha 2]}

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churches

Church of Crete

Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia^{[lower-alpha 3]}

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↑ ROC has recently cut ties with the Ecumenical Patriarchate over the latter's plans to grant autocephaly to UOC-KP and UAOC
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Autocephaly or autonomy is not universally recognized.
↑ Semi-autonomous part of the Russian Orthodox Church whose autonomy is not universally recognized.

1 2 "Announcement of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople". Retrieved 12 October 2018.
1 2 "Ecumenical Patriarchate Agrees to Recognize Independence of Ukrainian Church". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved 13 October 2018.

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Eastern Orthodoxy in Saudi Arabia

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