A Shrinking Orthodox Church

Thoughts about a faith I love, though fewer Americans do

I was dismayed to discover today that the number of Orthodox Christians in America shrank by 17 percent from 2010-2020. The full census is here. The Greek Orthodox are down by a whopping 22 percent, but they are by far the biggest US Orthodox church, so they can absorb the numbers better. My own jurisdiction, the Orthodox Church in America, declined by …