Orthodoxy in Italy
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The main Orthodox
churches in Italy are as follows:
Eastern Orthodox Church
The Orthodox Church, officially called the Orthodox Catholic Church and commonly referred to as the Eastern Orthodox Church, is the second largest Christian denomination in the world, with an estimated 300 million adherents mainly in the countries of Belarus, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece,...
churches in Italy are as follows:
- The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of ItalyGreek Orthodox Archdiocese of ItalyThe Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Italy and Exarchate of Southern Europe is a diocese of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, created in 1991...
and Exarchate of Southern Europe, a diocese of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople - Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Italy, a diocese of the Romanian Metropolis of Western and Southern Europe
- Serbian Orthodox ChurchSerbian Orthodox ChurchThe Serbian Orthodox Church is one of the autocephalous Orthodox Christian churches, ranking sixth in order of seniority after Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem, and Russia...
- Metropolitan of Zagreb, Ljubljana and All Italy - the Orthodox Church in ItalyOrthodox Church in ItalyThe Orthodox Church in Italy is an effort to establish a national Orthodox church in Italy, bringing all the Orthodox parishes and missions under an Italian Metropolitan, but only some independent groups have adhered to it...
, an independent organization - the Patriarchal Metropolitan of AquileaHoly Synod of MilanThe Holy Synod of Milan, also known as the Milan Synod, is an autonomous Eastern Orthodox Church in Milan, Italy.It began as the Diocese for Western Europe of the Old Calendarist Greek Orthodox Church which was united under Archbishops Akakios of Diavleia and Auxentios.The Synod's...
, and independent organization founded in 1983 by Evloghios, a priest of a Russian parish in Milan, following the Old Calendarist tradition, with followers in Italy, Switzerland, France, and North America