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1 By Alexei Krindatch Standing Conference of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas The data is now available from the 2010 US Orthodox Christian Census which was completed as a part of the national Religious Congregations and Membership Study 2010 (for more information on RCMS 2010 study go to ). Below are some highlights from the Census results. For more information, additional data and any questions regarding 2010 US Orthodox Christian Census, contact principal researcher: Alexei Krindatch at What is the US National Orthodox Census and what it tells us about? The 2010 US Orthodox Christian Census provides information on: parishes and monastic communities in American Orthodox Christian Churches including the socalled Oriental Orthodox Christian Churches (see full list of participating churches in Tab.1); Church adherents - the most inclusive category of church membership which includes children and anyone participating even occasionally in church life; Church regular attendees - the persons attending church on the regular basis. Data on adherents and regular attendees are available for each local Orthodox parish (congregation), each national American Orthodox Christian Church and for each geographic area and each county of the USA. Why is this National Orthodox Census unique? The data in the Census was obtained directly from the local Orthodox parishes - not from the national church headquarters or regional judicatories (dioceses). Therefore the 2010 National Orthodox Census provides the most reliable and accurate information on the Orthodox Christian Churches in the United States. What is the total membership in all American Orthodox Christian Churches combined? There are roughly 1,044,000 adherents of the various Orthodox Christian Churches in the United States. This figure includes 227,000 members of the Oriental Orthodox Christian Churches such as Coptic, Armenian, Syriac and Malankara Indian Orthodox Churches. The American Orthodox Christians worship in 2,380 local Orthodox parishes which belong to 20 different national Orthodox Church bodies including 6 Oriental Orthodox Churches. Tab.1 provides information on full membership ( adherents ) and regular church attendees for each Church.
2 Are American Orthodox Churches growing? The answer to this question is Yes. From , the total number of Orthodox parishes in America increased for 16 percent. The fastest growing groups among national Orthodox Churches in the US are: Bulgarian Orthodox Eastern Diocese (+122% increase in parishes), Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese (+121%), and Malankara Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church (+89%). Only three Orthodox Churches declined in number of parishes during : Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA, Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church and Armenian Apostolic Church of America (Catholicosate Cilicia). Tab. 3 shows changes in number of parishes during for each Orthodox Christian Church in the US. Which of American Orthodox Christian Churches are the biggest and which are the smallest ones? In terms of membership, of all US Orthodox Christian Churches, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America (GOA) is by far the largest one. According to 2010 US Orthodox Census, GOA has nearly 477,000 members. Put differently, 46% of all Orthodox Church members in the USA belong to GOA. In terms of number of parishes, however, Orthodox Church in America has more local congregations than GOA does: 551 and 525 respectively. The smallest of American Orthodox Churches is Albanian Orthodox Diocese of America. Although it is considered as a national Church, it has just 2 parishes with 700 members total. Are the members of American Orthodox Christian Churches regular and frequent church goers? There is no one general answer to this question. It depends on particular Church. See Tab.1. Nationwide, for all US Orthodox Christian Churches combined, the proportion of the regular church attendees in the total of church adherents is 28 percent. But there are huge differences in the frequency of church attendance across the various American Orthodox Churches. The regular church attendees constitute as much as 77% of all church members in the Holy Orthodox Church in North America, 53 % in Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church and 51% in Coptic Orthodox Church. Quite differently, no more than 15% of all members attend church regularly in the case of American Diocese of Macedonian Orthodox Church (11%), Vicariate for Palestinian Orthodox Communities (12%), Armenian Church of North America Catholicosate Etchmiadzin (13%) and Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church (15%). 2
3 How large are American Orthodox parishes? The size of an average Orthodox parish in America varies greatly from one Orthodox Church to the other. See Tab.2. The most sizeable parishes are in the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America (GOA). An average GOA parish has 908 persons. At the same time, the parishes of the Holy Orthodox Church in North America, Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese and American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese are relatively small: 81, 130 and 133 persons per parish on an average. Where in America do the members of Orthodox Christian Churches live and worship? Orthodox Christians live and have their churches in all US states. At the same time, 48% - almost half of all Orthodox Church members live in just five states: California (14.5% of all American Orthodox Church members), New York (13.5%), Illinois (7.2%), New Jersey (6.9%) and Massachusetts (5.9%). Tab. 4 provides information on state-by-state distribution of the members of American Orthodox Churches. In terms of the number of the local Orthodox parishes (rather than church members), five states with the biggest number of Orthodox congregations are: California (254 Orthodox parishes total), Pennsylvania (249), New York (240), Florida (136) and New Jersey (128). Tab. 5 shows state-by-state distribution of the parishes of American Orthodox Churches. Which US states have the highest proportion of the Orthodox Church members in the state s total population? Nationwide, the proportion of adherents of the various Orthodox Christian Churches in the total country s population is small: 0.34%. In certain states, however, this proportion is significantly higher. These states are: Alaska (1.93%), Massachusetts (0.93%), New Jersey (0.83%), New York (0.72%) and Rhode Island (0.72%). Tab. 4 shows proportion of the Orthodox Church members in the total population of each state. Does US Orthodox Census tell us about all Orthodox Christians living in the United States? The answer to this question is No. The 2010 US Orthodox Census provided information only on persons who are at least marginally involved in the Church life and, therefore, are known to the local Orthodox parishes. Similarly to many other Christian denominations in America, there can be significant number of persons who were once baptized in the Orthodox Church and who still consider themselves as being Orthodox Christians, but who do not participate and attend at all. In other words, the 2010 US Orthodox Census was Census of members of US Orthodox Christian Churches rather than Census of the entire Orthodox Christian population in America. 3
4 Tab.1 Orthodox Christian Churches in the USA (as of 2010): Adherents (1) and Regular Church Attendees (2) Orthodox Christian Churches in the USA (3) Total Adherents Regular Church Attendees % of regular attendees in the total of adherents 1. Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America 476, ,400 23% 2. Orthodox Church in America 84,900 33,800 40% 3. Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese 74,600 27,300 37% 4. Serbian Orthodox Church in North America 68,800 15,400 22% 5. Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia 27,700 9,000 32% 6. Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA 22,400 6,900 31% 7. Patriarchal Parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate 12,400 1,900 15% 8. Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese 11,200 2,200 20% 9. American Carpatho Russian Orthodox Diocese 10,400 4,900 47% 10. Vicariate for the Palestinian / Jordanian Orthodox Christian Communities 6, % 11. Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese 2,600 1,200 46% 12. Albanian Orthodox Diocese of America % 13. Macedonian Orthodox Church: American Diocese 15,500 1,700 11% 14. Holy Orthodox Church in North America 2,200 1,700 77% 15. Coptic Orthodox Church 92,100 46,900 51% 16. Armenian Church of North America (Catholicosate Etchmiadzin) 64,500 8,300 13% 17. Armenian Apostolic Church of America (Catholicosate of Cilicia) 30,500 7,700 25% 18. Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church 17,000 9,000 53% 19. Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch 15,700 4,200 27% 20. Malankara Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church in North America 6,400 3,400 53% TOTAL 1,043, ,900 28% (1) Adherents are defined as the most inclusive category of Church membership. Data on adherents were obtained directly from the local Orthodox parishes by asking parish clergy: Approximately how many individual persons in total are associated in any way with the life of your parish: counting adults and children, regular and occasional attendees, paid stewards and persons who do not contribute financially? (2) Data on regular attendees were obtained directly from the local Orthodox parishes by asking parish clergy: Approximately, how many persons - including adults and children - attend Liturgy in your parish on a typical Sunday? (3) The Churches #15-20 belong to the category of the so-called Oriental Orthodox Churches (also known as pre-chalcedonian Churches, because of their rejection of the Christological definitions of the Council of Chalcedon in 451). They are in full communion with one another, but not with the other (# 1-14) Churches. The Churches # are Churches of irregular status: that is, the other Orthodox Churches consider them uncanonical (unlawful). 4
5 Orthodox Christian Churches in the USA Tab.2 Orthodox Christian Churches in the USA: Parishes and Monastic Communities (2010) parishes Monastic Communities (4): Male / Female Average size of a parish: persons (5) 1. Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America / Orthodox Church in America / Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese / Serbian Orthodox Church in North America / Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia / Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA / Patriarchal Parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate 30 2 / Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese 31 1 / American Carpatho Russian Orthodox Diocese 79 0 / Vicariate for the Palestinian / Jordanian Orthodox Christian Communities 9 0 / Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese 20 2 / Albanian Orthodox Diocese of America 2 0 / Macedonian Orthodox Church: American Diocese 20 0 / Holy Orthodox Church in North America 27 4 / Coptic Orthodox Church / Armenian Church of North America (Catholicosate Etchmiadzin) 94 0 / Armenian Apostolic Church of America (Catholicosate of Cilicia) 37 0 / Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church 92 0 / Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch 32 0 / Malankara Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church in North America 41 0 / TOTAL / (4) Male monasteries, female convents, sketes. (5) Average size of a parish was calculated as total number of adherents (Tab.1) divided by the number of parishes. In reality, within each Orthodox Church, the parishes vary significantly in number of adherents and regular attendees. 5
6 Orthodox Christian Churches in the USA Tab.3 Orthodox Christian Churches in the USA: Change in Parishes in (6) parishes in 2000 parishes in 2010 Changes in number of parishes: % 1. Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America % 2. Orthodox Church in America % 3. Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese % 4. Serbian Orthodox Church in North America % 5. Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia % 6. Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA % 7. Patriarchal Parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate % 8. Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese % 9. American Carpatho Russian Orthodox Diocese % 10. Vicariate for the Palestinian / Jordanian Orthodox Christian Communities N / A 9 N / A 11. Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese % 12. Albanian Orthodox Diocese of America 2 2 0% 13. Macedonian Orthodox Church: American Diocese % 14. Holy Orthodox Church in North America % 15. Coptic Orthodox Church % 16. Armenian Church of North America (Catholicosate Etchmiadzin) % 17. Armenian Apostolic Church of America (Catholicosate of Cilicia) % 18. Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church % 19. Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch % 20. Malankara Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church in North America % TOTAL (7) % (6) The 2000 data were obtained in the study Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States Glenmary Research Center: Nashville, Tennessee (published in 2002). Both 2000 and 2010 data were gathered by the same person Alexei Krindatch. Both 2000 and 2010 studies gathered data on church adherents and the number of parishes. It should be noted, however, that data on adherents in 2000 study were in many cases based on estimates and various statistical calculations, while 2010 figures are more accurate and precise, because they were obtained directly from the local parishes. In addition, in 2000 study, we were unable to get data on adherents for #4, 5 and 15. Therefore, changes in number of parishes (rather than in number of adherents) during serves as a more reliable indicator for evaluating of growth/decline for each Church. N / A not applies, because Vicariate for the Palestinian / Jordanian Orthodox Christian Communities did not exist in (7) Not counting # 10, because Vicariate for the Palestinian / Jordanian Orthodox Christian Communities did not exist in
7 State Tab.4 Orthodox Christian Churches in the USA: State-by-State Adherents (7) and as % in the Total Population (2010) Total Number of Adherents (1000) % of Adherents in the Total Population State Total Number of Adherents (1000) % of Adherents in the Total Population Alabama % Montana % Alaska % Nebraska % Arizona % Nevada % Arkansas % New Hampshire % California % New Jersey % Colorado % New Mexico % Connecticut % New York % Delaware % North Carolina % District Columbia % (8) North Dakota % Florida % Ohio % Georgia % Oklahoma % Hawaii % Oregon % Idaho % Pennsylvania % Illinois % Rhode Island % Indiana % South Carolina % Iowa % South Dakota % Kansas % Tennessee % Kentucky % Texas % Louisiana % Utah % Maine % Vermont % Maryland % Virginia % Massachusetts % Washington % Michigan % West Virginia % Minnesota % Wisconsin % Missisipi % Wyoming % Missouri % USA total % (7) Adherents are defined as the most inclusive category of Church membership. Data on adherents were obtained directly from the local Orthodox parishes by asking parish clergy: Approximately how many individual persons in total are associated in any way with the life of your parish: counting adults and children, regular and occasional attendees, paid stewards and persons who do not contribute financially? (8) The fact that adherents of the Orthodox Churches constitute 2.15% of the population of District Columbia does not mean that all of them actually physically live in District Columbia. Rather, the figure of 12.9 thousands of Orthodox adherents in Washington DC indicates that they are affiliated with and participate in the life of the Orthodox parishes situated within administrative borders of Washington, DC. 7
8 State Tab.5 Orthodox Christian Churches in the USA: State-by-State Parishes and Monastic Communities (2010) Orthodox Parishes Monastic Communities State Orthodox Parishes Monastic Communities Alabama 14 Montana 6 Alaska 92 2 Nebraska 11 Arizona 32 2 Nevada 12 Arkansas 10 New Hampshire 17 California New Jersey Colorado 30 2 New Mexico 8 1 Connecticut 55 New York Delaware 8 North Carolina 35 3 District Columbia 7 North Dakota 3 Florida Ohio Georgia 40 Oklahoma 17 Hawaii 6 Oregon 22 Idaho 8 Pennsylvania Illinois Rhode Island 11 Indiana 45 2 South Carolina 20 2 Iowa 15 South Dakota 3 Kansas 18 Tennessee 27 Kentucky 8 Texas Louisiana 15 Utah 9 Maine 8 Vermont 4 Maryland 41 Virginia 49 1 Massachusetts 99 2 Washington 37 3 Michigan 84 4 West Virginia 12 2 Minnesota 31 Wisconsin 33 1 Missisipi 6 Wyoming 7 Missouri 22 2 USA total (7) Adherents are defined as the most inclusive category of Church membership. Data on adherents were obtained directly from the local Orthodox parishes by asking parish clergy: Approximately how many individual persons in total are associated in any way with the life of your parish: counting adults and children, regular and occasional attendees, paid stewards and persons who do not contribute financially? (8) The fact that adherents of the Orthodox Churches constitute 2.15% of the population of District Columbia does not mean that all of them actually physically live in District Columbia. Rather, the figure of 12.9 thousands of Orthodox adherents in Washington DC indicates that they are affiliated with and participate in the life of the Orthodox parishes situated within administrative borders of Washington, DC. More data and studies on the Orthodox Church life in America is available at: 8
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