Orthodox Christianity in Iraq

Oriental Orthodoxy in Iraq is the majority of Christianity in Iraq. Many of them are members of the Syriac Orthodox Church. The Syriac Orthodox Church is headed by a patriarch in Damascus. There are Armenians in Iraq, who belong to the Armenian Apostolic Church. A sizable population have fled from Iraq. ^[1] In Central and Southern Iraq, Oriental Orthodox women do not dare to appear on the streets without a veil.^[1] In Iraqi Kurdistan, the situation for Oriental Orthodox Christians is safer.^[1]

Demographics of Iraq

Religions	Islam Sunni Shia Christianity Evangelical Oriental Orthodox Roman Catholicism Jews

Ethnic groups	Afro-Iraqi Arabs Bedouins Marsh Arabs Armenians Assyrians Circassians Persians Kurds Feylis Roma (Gypsy) Shabak Solluba Turkmens Yazidis

Foreign nationals	Pakistanis Palestinians Sudanese

Orthodoxy in Asia

Sovereign states	Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Cyprus East Timor (Timor-Leste) Egypt Georgia India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Nagorno-Karabakh Northern Cyprus Palestine South Ossetia Taiwan

Dependencies and other territories	British Indian Ocean Territory Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Hong Kong Macau

References

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Orthodox Christianity in Iraq

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