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Reps: 2,351,326,977,761,002,496 (power: 2,351,326,977,761,015) | | Originally Posted by Kristos  I'd have to look for it, but I thought the 2010 census numbers showed that the only jurisdiction that grew in the US in the last decade was the Antiochian.
that would be unfortunate...
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Orthodox Christian Churches in the USA
Number of
parishes in
2000
Number of
parishes in
2010
Changes in
number of
parishes: %
1. Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America 501 525 + 5%
2. Orthodox Church in America 456 551 + 21%
3. Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese 206 248 +20%
4. Serbian Orthodox Church in North America 118 122 + 3%
5. Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia 128 138 + 8%
So, OCA & AOC added 20% in terms of parishes, while others were flat, but that doesn't mean they didn't grow in population at existing parishes.
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Reps: 2,351,326,977,761,002,496 (power: 2,351,326,977,761,015) | | Originally Posted by Dorothea I think the reason why the Antiochian and OCA have grown so much is because it's really good with evangelism and most of the time, their services are all in English. The other ethnic parishes need to do the same, if you ask me.
this may have something to do with it...even though, 16% growth between the three of them is nothing to sneeze at! 
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