Eastern Orthodoxy in Norway

Eastern Orthodoxy in Norway
Our Saviour's Orthodox Church in Oslo
ClassificationEastern Orthodox Church
RegionNorway
Origin1931
Members28,544

Eastern Orthodox Christianity in Norway is a small minority religion in Norway with 11,205 official members in 2012,[1] up from 2,315 in 2000.[2] although the church is rapidly growing, and predicted to surpass other Christian denominations.[3]

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.[4]

  1. ^ Statistics Norway
  2. ^ Statistics Norway
  3. ^ Bergen (2021-08-26). "SSB: Den ortodokse kirke vokser i Norge". Hellige Jomfru Marias Bebudelse Ortodokse Kirke (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2022-10-17.
  4. ^ US State Dept 2022 report

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