Back الكنيسة الإستونية الأرثوذكسية Arabic الكنيسة الاستونيه الارثوذكسيه ARZ Эстонская Апостальская Праваслаўная Царква BE Estonská apoštolská pravoslavná církev Czech Den estiske apostoliske ortodokse kirke Danish Estnische Apostolische Orthodoxe Kirche German Εσθονική Αποστολική Ορθόδοξη Εκκλησία Greek Iglesia ortodoxa apostólica de Estonia Spanish Eesti Apostlik-Õigeusu Kirik ET Viron apostolinen ortodoksinen kirkko Finnish
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| Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church | |
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| Abbreviation | EOC |
| Primate | Stephanos of Tallinn |
| Language | Estonian |
| Headquarters | Wismari 32, Tallinn, Estonia |
| Territory | Republic of Estonia |
| Independence | 1923 |
| Recognition | 1923, 1996 by Constantinople |
| Congregations | 60 (2003)[1] |
| Members | 31,500 (2020)[2] |
| Other name(s) | Orthodox Church of Estonia. |
| Official website | Orthodox Church of Estonia |
The Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church (EAOC; Estonian: Eesti Apostlik-Õigeusu Kirik, officially the Orthodox Church of Estonia) is an Orthodox church in Estonia under the direct jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. Under Estonian law it is the legal successor to the pre–World War II Estonian Orthodox Church, which in 1940 had over 210,000 members, three bishops, 156 parishes, 131 priests, 19 deacons, two monasteries, and a theological seminary; the majority of the members were ethnic Estonians.
The primate of the church is Stephanos, Metropolitan of Tallinn and all Estonia, elected in 1999.
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