{"id":402228,"date":"2022-11-16T13:15:07","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T11:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=402228"},"modified":"2022-11-16T13:15:07","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T11:15:07","slug":"census-orthodoxy-largest-religion-estonia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/census-orthodoxy-largest-religion-estonia\/","title":{"rendered":"Census: Orthodoxy is the largest religion in Estonia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Orthodoxy remains the most widespread religion in Estonia, according to data from the 2021 population census.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Orthodox Christians currently comprise 16% of the population, reports Statistics Estonia<\/a>, the country\u2019s official statistics agency. This number has remained unchanged since the 2011 census.<\/p>\n

The faithful are divided between two jurisdictions: the Patriarchate of Constantinople\u2019s Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church and the Estonian Orthodox Church of the Patriarchate of Moscow.<\/p>\n

In the same period, the country\u2019s second-largest confession, Lutheranism, fell from 10% to 8%.<\/p>\n

Overall, 29% of people in Estonia are affiliated with a religion\u2014remaining stable over the past three censuses. However, those who are not affiliated have increased from 54% to 58% over the past decade.<\/p>\n

Concerning ethnic groups, Estonians themselves are the least religiously affiliated\u2014just 17%. Just 3% of Estonians are affiliated with Orthodoxy.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, \u201cHalf, or 50%, of people of Russian nationality feel an affiliation of Orthodoxy, compared with 47% of Ukrainians and 58% of Belarusians,\u201d states the statistics agency.<\/p>\n

Information on religion was collected from all people aged 15 or older in the population and housing census from the end of 2021 to the beginning of 2022.<\/p>\n

In September 2021, Estonia\u2019s oldest surviving Orthodox church<\/a> celebrated its 300th anniversary.<\/p>\n

Photo source tuktuk.ro \/ Kavalenkava Volha<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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