Eastern Orthodoxy in Spain
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Spain is not a traditionally Orthodox country, as after the Great Schism of 1054 the Spanish Christians (at that time controlling the northern half of the Iberian Peninsula) remained in the Roman Catholic sphere of influence.
The number of Orthodox adherents in the country began to increase in the early 1990s, when Spain experienced an influx of migrant workers from Eastern Europe. The dominant nationality among Spanish Orthodox adherents is Romanian (as many as 0.7 million people), with Bulgarians, Russians, Ukrainians, Moldovans, and others bringing the total to about 1 million.
See also
- Religion in Spain
- Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Western Europe
- Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church in Spain and Portugal (Moscow Patriarchate)
Literature
- Kiminas, Demetrius (2009). The Ecumenical Patriarchate: A History of Its Metropolitanates with Annotated Hierarch Catalogs. Wildside Press LLC.
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External links
Canonical Churches:
- Holy Metropolis of Spain and Portugal
- Iglesia Ortodoxa Española: Official page of Spanish Orthodox Church
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