About Greek Orthodox Church

Quick Facts

• There are over 300 million Orthodox Christians worldwide; most of them are in Eastern Europe, Russia, the Balkans, and the eastern Mediterranean.
• There are approximately 5 million Orthodox Christians in the United States.
• At present, Orthodox Christianity is one of the fastest growing faiths in America.
• The Orthodox Church is the historical continuation of the Church established by Jesus Christ and His Apostles almost 2,000 years ago.
• The Orthodox faith is based on a belief in one God manifest in a Trinity of Persons - the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit - and an understanding that the Son was incarnate as Jesus Christ for the salvation of the world.
• The teachings and liturgical practices of the Orthodox Church have remained constant and unchanged since the Apostolic era.