Philippine Orthodox Church
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The Philippine Orthodox Church refers to the officially established Eastern Orthodox
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,...

 presence in the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

 as a whole. Currently, there are two canonical Orthodox jurisdictions:
  • The Exarchate of the Philippines
    Exarchate of the Philippines
    The Exarchate of the Philippines is a jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople governed by the Orthodox Metropolitanate of Hong Kong and Southeast Asia . , there are some 560 members of this jurisdiction in the country, around 40 of those being expatriates...

    , under the Orthodox Metropolitanate of Hong Kong and Southeast Asia
    Orthodox Metropolitanate of Hong Kong and Southeast Asia
    Orthodox Metropolitanate of Hong Kong and Southeast Asia is the only church of Eastern Christianity in Hong Kong. It was set up in November 1996 by the decision of the Holy Great Synod of Constantinople...


  • The Antiochian Orthodox Christian Mission in the Philippines
    Antiochian Orthodox Christian Mission in the Philippines
    The Antiochian Orthodox Christian Mission in the Philippines is a jurisdiction of the Antiochian Orthodox Church governed by the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand, and All Oceania...

    , under the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines
    Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand, and All Oceania
    The Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines is an archdiocese of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch, with headquarters in Sydney, Australia. Its current primate is Paul , Metropolitan Archbishop of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines...

    . By a decision of the Church of Antioch
    Church of Antioch
    The Church of Antioch is one of the five major churches that composed the Christian Church before the East-West Schism.-History:...

    , Orthodox Christians in the Philippines were placed under the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand, and the Philippines and Metropolitan Archbishop Paul Saliba was made the Orthodox Primate of the Philippines.

See also

  • History of Eastern Christianity in the Philippines
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