Percentage of Born Again Christians in Greece

This article is about religion statistics of mod Greece. For the ancient religion, come across Aboriginal Greek religion.

Religion in Greece (2017)^[one]

 Unaffiliated (4%)

 Other religions (i%)

Religion in Greece is dominated by the Greek Orthodox Church, which is within the larger communion of the Eastern Orthodox Church. It represented xc% of the total population in 2015^[1] and is constitutionally recognized every bit the "prevailing religion" of Hellenic republic. Religions with smaller numbers of followers include Islam (comprising 2%^[1] of the population), Catholicism (comprising less than 1%^[ane] of the population), Evangelicalism, Hellenic Paganism, Sikhism and Hinduism. Also a modest number of Greek Atheists exists, not self-identifying as religious. Organized religion is key part of identity for most Greeks, with 76% of Greeks in a 2015-17 survey proverb that their nationality is defined past Christianity.^[two] Statistics on metaphysics and worldview, do not concern narrowly only the hyponym religion.^{[ clarification needed ]} Co-ordinate to other sources, 81.4% of Greeks place as Orthodox Christians and 14.7% are atheists. ^[3]

Christianity [edit]

As of 2015, 93% of the population of Greece were Christians.^[i]

Eastern Orthodoxy [edit]

The Greek Orthodox Church building retains close ties with the Greek land, emphasized by the presence of Greek flags in all Orthodox churches, but likewise by the religious depiction of the flag and the coat of arms of Hellenic republic itself.

The Church of Greece, a member of the Eastern Orthodox Communion, is accorded the status of "prevailing religion" in Greece's constitution. Since 1850, Greek Orthodoxy within Greece is handled by the Church building.^[iv] Its members comprise between 88%^[v] and 95-98%^{[half-dozen] [7]} of the population, the virtually recent Pew report gave a pct of 90% as 2015 numbers.^[1]

The condition of the Orthodox church as the "prevailing religion" is largely based on the role the church played for the preservation of the Greek nation through the years of the Ottoman Empire but also for the function the church played in the Greek State of war of Independence. As a result, many^{[ who? ]} attribute to the modern Greek nation an ethnoreligious identity.^[8]

Furthermore, the mainstream Orthodox clergy's salaries and pensions are paid for by the State at rates comparable to those of teachers. All Greek students in primary and secondary schools in Hellenic republic attend Christian Orthodox educational activity, although there is an exemption system for students who do non desire to nourish, equally long equally the exemption is requested past both parents.

Catholicism [edit]

Catholics fabricated up less than 1% of the total population in 2015.^[1] The Cosmic community has increased in size in recent years due to immigration and today number over 200,000.^[half-dozen]

Roman Catholics [edit]

Roman Catholic Greeks number approximately 50,000^{[ when? ] [half-dozen]} and are found all over Greece; the majority, however, alive in the Cyclades and the Ionian Islands. The presence of Catholics in the Greek islands is generally a heritage from the time of the Venetian domination from the Middle Ages. The Catholic community has increased in size in recent years due to immigration and today^{[ when? ]} number over 200,000.^[vi]

Greek Catholics [edit]

Catholic Greeks of the Byzantine Rite (Uniates or Unites) number approximately six,000 nationwide^[9] and mostly alive in Athens.

Protestantism [edit]

The Anglican Church of Saint Andrew, Patras.

Protestants, including Greek Evangelical Church building and Free Evangelical Churches, stand at virtually 30,000.^{[10] [11]} The Gratis Apostolic Church of the Pentecost was founded past Leonidas Feggos in 1965. The official church, Eastern Orthodox, and the State reluctantly gave permission for Pentecostal churches to operate legally. The process of receiving permission from the Ministry of Education and Organized religion to operate as a church is condign easier. Assemblies of God, the International Church building of the Foursquare Gospel and other Pentecostal churches of the Greek Synod of Apostolic Church have 12,000 members.^[12] The Independent Gratuitous Apostolic Church building of Pentecost is the biggest Protestant denomination in Greece with 120 churches.^[13] There are no official statistics about Gratuitous Apostolic Church of Pentecost, but the Orthodox Church building estimates the followers at xx,000.^[14]

Armenian Church [edit]

The presence of Armenians in Greece dates back centuries (from the Byzantine period), when Armenians settled in Thessalia, Macedonia, Thrace and the islands of Crete and Corfu for various reasons such as war or business.

The Armenians in Hellenic republic acquired the graphic symbol of a community after the 1920s, when seventy,000 to fourscore,000 survivors of the Armenian genocide fled to Hellenic republic. Today, emigration to North America has macerated the Armenian population of Greece. The number now counts for roughly 20,000-35,000 Greco-Armenians.^[15]

Buddhism [edit]

The number of the followers is not so high amongst the Greeks merely it has increased during the concluding decades because of the immigration of people from East Asia, Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia in Greece. Sri Lankan and Southeast Asian migrant workers working in Hellenic republic were unremarkably sent back to their habitation land to be cremated, due to cremation being banned in Hellenic republic until 2006. Today there are 3 religious centers, in Athens, Thessaloniki and Corinth.

Hellenic ethnic religion [edit]

Over 2000 people are members of the Supreme Council of Indigenous Hellenes, the foremost organisation of Hellenic ethnic religion.^{[16] [17]} Over 100,000 people are "sympathisers".^[18] On 9 Apr 2017 the Hellenic indigenous religion was officially recognized by the Greek state.^[19]

Hinduism [edit]

Hinduism in Hellenic republic has a pocket-size following. There is a pocket-sized Hindu customs in Athens. In that location are 25 PIOs and 12 NRIs in the city. On March 1, 2006, the Greek government passed a law assuasive cremation. The law was welcomed by the Indian community in Athens.

Islam [edit]

The number of citizens of Greece who are Muslims is estimated to exist at 97,604 people or 0.95% of the total population, according to the 1991 census.^[xx] They alive mostly in Western Thrace and are primarily of Turkish, Slavonic (Pomak) and Romani descent. Immigrant Muslims are estimated betwixt 200,000-300,000.^[21] and approximately one-half of them live in Athens. In 2015, Islam was the organized religion of ii% of the total population of Hellenic republic.^[one]

Judaism [edit]

The Jewish customs in Greece currently amounts to roughly 75,000 people, concentrated mainly in Athens, Thessaloniki, Larissa, Volos, Chalkis, Ioannina, Trikala and Corfu, while very few remain in Kavala and Rhodes.^[22] It is composed largely of two groups, the Romaniotes, Jewish communities dating back to Antiquity, and the Ladino-speaking Sephardim, who arrived from Spain and settled chiefly in Thessaloniki during Ottoman times.

Sikhism [edit]

Sikhs have been in Greece since the World Wars, as part of the British Indian Army. Guru Nanak is besides known to have passed through Hellenic republic during one of his journeys. However, bodily immigration to Hellenic republic began in the 1970s. It reached its elevation during the 1990s-2000s. As of 2017, Sikhs are estimated to number 20,000-25,000.^{[ citation needed ]} There are eight Gurudwaras in Hellenic republic, about of them based in Central Greece and only 1 beingness in Crete. Gurudwaras are often officially documented equally personal backdrop, community centres or libraries, due to the paperwork needed and also due to the lack of recognition of Sikhs by the Greek Regime. Sikhs often face racism and bigotry past the Greek public, who confuse them with Muslims, too every bit legal challenges, mostly due to the distinct advent (The Five Ks). Sikhs are not allowed to vesture their turbans and ride motorcycles without helmets, as in the Uk, where their contributions in the war efforts were recognized and they were allowed to not wear helmets.^{[ citation needed ]} Young Sikhs often confront difficulties when recruited for the mandatory conscription in Greece, due to their long hair, beard and turbans. Sikhism is still not an officially recognized in Hellenic republic and Sikhs are often non included in censuses. Media coverage of Sikhs is minimal and their faith is oftentimes reported as a mix of Hinduism and Islam, while it has a carve up conventionalities system and many differences. Sikh Gurudwaras accept faced numerous attacks including gunshots and molotov cocktails.^{[ citation needed ]} On March ane, 2006, the Greek government passed a law assuasive cremation,^[23] a move welcomed by both Sikhs and Hindus. Since the financial crunch of 2007–2008, many Sikhs have migrated to other countries, such every bit the United Kingdom, Canada, and Deutschland.

Other faiths [edit]

Other minor faiths in Greece include Jehovah's Witnesses (who number about 28,000^[24]), Seventh-mean solar day Adventists, Mormons and Scientologists. Groups that constitute less than 1 percentage of the population includes those of the Baháʼí Religion.^[25]

Gallery [edit]

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Meet also [edit]

• Greek Evangelical Church building
• Homeric Hymns
• Interpretatio graeca
• List of ancient Greek temples
• Organized religion in ancient Greece
• Religion by country
• Timeline of Orthodoxy in Hellenic republic
• Twelve Olympians

References [edit]

1. ^ ^{a b c d east f chiliad h} "Religious Belief and National Belonging in Central and Eastern Europe". Pew Research Center. x May 2017. Retrieved 2017-09-09 .
2. ^ "Organized religion is key part of identity for most Greeks | Kathimerini". Retrieved 2018-xi-02 .
3. ^ "Easter, Faith and Religion in Greece".
4. ^ Kenneth Scott Latourette, Christianity in a Revolutionary Historic period, II: The Nineteenth Century in Europe: The Protestant and Eastern Churches. (1959) 2: 479-481
5. ^ "The Future of World Religions: Population Growth Projections, 2010-2050" (PDF). Pew Research Center. 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-06 .
6. ^ ^{a b c d} "Religious Freedom in Greece (September2002)" (RTF). Greek Helsinki Monitor Minority Rights Grouping - Hellenic republic . Retrieved 2007-09-fifteen .
7. ^ "Greece". The World Factbook . Retrieved 2007-09-15 .
8. ^ Yang and Ebaugh, p.369: "Andrew Greeley (1971) identified three types of relationships in the U.s.a.: some religious people who practise non hold an ethnic identity; some people who have an ethnic identity just are not religious; and cases in which religion and ethnicity are intertwined. Phillip Hammond and Kee Warner (1993), following Harold J. Abramson (1973), further explicated the "intertwining relationships" into a typology. First is "indigenous fusion," where religion is the foundation of ethnicity, or, ethnicity equals organized religion, such as in the instance of the Amish and Jews. The 2d pattern is that of "ethnic religion," where faith is one of several foundations of ethnicity. The Greek or Russian Orthodox and the Dutch Reformed are examples of this type. In this pattern, ethnic identification tin can be claimed without claiming the religious identification but the reverse is rare. The third form, "religious ethnicity," occurs where an indigenous group is linked to a religious tradition that is shared by other ethnic groups. The Irish, Italian, and Polish Catholics are such cases. In this blueprint, religious identification can be claimed without challenge ethnic identification. Hammond and Warner also suggest that the relationship of religion and ethnicity is strongest in "ethnic fusion" and least strong in "religious ethnicity." Recently, some scholars take argued that even Jews' religion and civilization (ethnicity) can be distinguished from each other and are separable (Chervyakov, Gitelman, and Shapiro 1997; Gans 1994)."
9. ^ "The Eastern Catholic Churches 2017" (PDF). CNEWA or Catholic Near East Welfare Association . Retrieved 2018-02-25 .
10. ^ "Executive Summary Bigotry on the grounds of religion and belief GREECE" (PDF). Dr Ioannis Ktistakis & Dr Nicholas Sitaropoulos. ec.europa.eu. 2004-06-22. Retrieved 2007-04-14 .
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12. ^ Synod of Churchly Church of Christ Archived 2004-12-16 at the Wayback Machine
13. ^ Church addresses from the Official Site - in Greek
14. ^ Orthodox judge - in greek Archived 2008-12-02 at the Wayback Machine
15. ^ Bedevyan, Astghik (xviii January 2011). "Հունաստանի հայ համայնքը պատրաստվում է Հայաստանի նախագահի հետ հանդիպմանը [Armenian community of Hellenic republic preparing for the meeting with the Armenian president]" (in Armenian). Radio Gratis Europe/Radio Freedom Armenian Service. Retrieved 5 Jan 2013.
16. ^ Newstatesman - The aboriginal gods of Greece are not extinct
17. ^ Telegraph.co.britain - Modern Athenians fight for the correct to worship the ancient Greek gods
18. ^ "Helena Smith on why some Greeks are worshipping the ancient gods". The Guardian. London.
19. ^ "The Greek Country Has Finally Recognized the Hellenic Ethnic Religion as a 'Known Organized religion'". European Congress of Ethnic Religions (ECER), 21 April 2017.
20. ^ Υπουργείο Εξωτερικών, Υπηρεσία Ενημέρωσης: Μουσουλμάνικη μειονότητα Θράκης and Ελληνική Επιτροπή για τη διαχείρηση των υδατικών πόρων: Στοιχεία από την πρόσφατη απογραφή του πληθυσμού
21. ^ "International Religious Liberty Report 2006: Greece". Us Dept. of State/Bureau of Democracy, Homo Rights, and Labor. www.country.gov. 2006-09-15. Retrieved 2007-09-15 .
22. ^ Short History Of The Jewish Communities In Greece Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Auto (pdf), publicized by the Central Lath of Jewish Communities in Greece
23. ^ International Religious Freedom Study 2006, Greece
24. ^ 2015 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses. Watch Tower Club. p. 180.
25. ^ H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ: Επιτροπές της Ιεράς Συνόδου - ΣΥΝΟΔΙΚΗ ΕΠΙΤΡΟΠΗ ΕΠΙ ΤΩΝ ΑΙΡΕΣΕΩΝ

Sources [edit]

• U.s. Department of State Land Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2006: Greece
• Tomkinson, John Fifty., Between Heaven and Earth: The Greek Church building, Anagnosis (Athens, 2004) ISBN 960-87186-v-i

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