Religion In The Republic Of Macedonia
Religion in Macedonia (2002)
Macedonian Orthodox (64.8%) Muslim (33.3%) Macedonian Greek-Catholic (0.3%) Others (1.6%)In the Republic of Macedonia, the most common religion is Orthodox Christianity, practiced by most of the ethnic Macedonians. Muslims are the second-largest religious group with almost one-third of the population adhering to Islam, mainly from the country's Albanian minority. There are also many other religious groups in Macedonia, including Catholicism, Baptism, Protestantism, and Judaism.
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