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Eastern Orthodoxy in North America represents adherents, religious communities, institutions and organizations of Eastern Orthodox Christianity in North America, including the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. Estimates of the number of Eastern Orthodox adherents in North America vary considerably depending on methodology (as well as the definition of the term "adherent").
The vast majority of Eastern Orthodox Christians in North America are in the U.S. and have roots in countries with current or historically large Orthodox communities, including those of Russian, Greek, Ukrainian, Albanian, Macedonian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Georgian, Lebanese, Syrian, Jordanian, Palestinian, Israeli, and Egyptian ancestry; a growing number of adherents come from other Eastern European and Middle Eastern countries and from minorities of converted Americans and Canadians of Western European, African, Latin American, South Asian, East Asian, and South East Asian descent.[1]
Statistically, Eastern Orthodox Christians are among the wealthiest Christian denominations in the United States,[2] and tend to be better educated than most other religious groups in America, with a high number of graduate (68%) and post-graduate degrees (28%) per capita.[3]