Eastern Orthodoxy in Norway

Eastern Orthodoxy in Norway
Our Saviour's Orthodox Church in Oslo
ClassificationEastern Orthodox Church
RegionNorway
Origin1931
Members36,498[1]

Eastern Orthodox Christianity in Norway is a small minority religion in Norway with 11,205 official members in 2012,[2] up from 2,315 in 2000.[3] although the church is rapidly growing, and predicted to surpass other Christian denominations.[4]

During 2022, approximately 34,000 Ukrainians arrived in Norway after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine; it was estimated that approximately two-thirds of them identified as Orthodox.[5]

  1. ^ "06339: Members of Christian communities outside the Church of Norway, by religious communities, contents and year". Statistisk sentralbyrå. 2024. Retrieved 2024-11-27.
  2. ^ Statistics Norway
  3. ^ Statistics Norway
  4. ^ Bergen (2021-08-26). "SSB: Den ortodokse kirke vokser i Norge". Hellige Jomfru Marias Bebudelse Ortodokse Kirke (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2022-10-17.
  5. ^ US State Dept 2022 report

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