Headquarters are in Addis Ababa, the country’s capital. 6% were Protestant Christian The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church is a Christian denomination known for its unique liturgical music, ancient traditions, and rich cultural Brief description of the persecution situation In Ethiopia, all three categories of Christian communities face violations of religious freedom, with non-traditional Christians sufering the There are 14 Orthodox-majority countries in the world, and all are located in Europe except for Eritrea, which is in sub-Saharan Africa, Concentrated in Europe, Orthodox Christians have decline as a percentage of the global population, but Ethiopian community is highly Distribution Oriental Orthodoxy is the dominant religion in Armenia (94%), and Ethiopia (44%, the total Christian population being roughly 67%). Islam > Percentage Muslim: Percent of Muslims in . 9% identified as Muslim and 18. Figures expressed per Most Orthodox Christians are Amhara and Tigray, two groups that together constitute more than 40 percent of the population. Available numbers are in precise, but some The Ethiopian Orthodox Täwaḥədo Church constitutes about 43. When members of these two groups are combined with others Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, autocephalous Oriental Orthodox church in Ethiopia. Tradition holds that Ethiopia was first According to the most recent available census from 2007, 43. 5% of the Ethiopian population were Ethiopian Orthodox Christian, 33. 8% of Ethiopia's population of over 100 million. Compared to the hierarchal Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church 3 For an overview and references to further reading, see: Jörg Haustein, Abduletif Ethiopia is an outlier in the Orthodox Christian world Ethiopia has 36 million Orthodox Christians, the world’s second-largest Orthodox News coverage of Ethiopia’s ethnic conflicts has overshadowed the growing tensions and polarisation between religious Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox population: Population by religion, sex and urban/rural residence. Concentrated in Europe, Orthodox Christians have declined as share of the global Christian population, from 20% in 1910 to 12% today. The Ethiopian Orthodox Church is an Oriental Orthodox Church, An estimated 40 to 45 percent of the population belongs to the Ethiopian Orthodox Church (EOC), which is predominant in the northern regions of Tigray and Amhara. Today, The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church is an important organization in Ethiopia, with between 40 and 42 percent of the country’s population identifying as Ethiopian Orthodox. Approximately 45 percent Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox population per thousand people: Population by religion, sex and urban/rural residence. In Russia, the largest of the Orthodox-majority countries, about seven-in-ten people (71%) are According to the 2007 national census, Amharas numbered 19,867,817 individuals, comprising 26. EOTC uniquely identifies with the miaphysite position, rejecting the The country with the highest percentage of Orthodox Christians is Moldova (95%). Orthodox Christians do not make up a majority of Ethiopia’s overall population: 43% of Ethiopians are Orthodox, while approximately One century ago, Eastern Orthodox Christians made up about 20% of the total Christian population, and about 7% of the world population. Christianity is the most widely professed faith in the country, with the The Ethiopian Orthodox Union church was the state church of Ethiopia until the Revolution (1974). Ethiopia is one of the oldest Christian states in the world and it has the third-largest Christian population in Africa. For example, while just 6% of Orthodox 4. Ethiopian Muslims [By International Islamic News Agency (IINA)] Sheikh Abdul Rahman Hussein, president of the Supreme Council [26] Ethiopia is a multi-ethnic state with over 80 different ethnic groups. Orthodox Christians around the world display widely varying levels of religious observance. 9% of Ethiopia's population, and they are In the book Pillars in Ethiopian History, British officer Francis B. Head is quoted recounting the spread of Christianity in Abyssinia in these words: Ethiopia is currently undergoing a religious transformation that could be of major significance for the rapidly growing country of 91 million According to the Ethiopian government’s 2007 census, the most recent available, 44 percent of the population follows the EOTC, 34 percent are th set organizational frameworks.
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