Christianity in Turkey

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Christianity in Turkey consists of about 100 000 at the beginning of the 21st Century. They were more than 2 million at the end of the 19th Century^{[citation needed]}.

Contents 1 Christian communities 1.1 Churches of the Byzantine rite 1.2 Churches of the Armenian rite 1.3 Churches of the Syriac rite 1.4 Roman Catholic Church

[edit] Christian communities

[edit] Churches of the Byzantine rite

• Orthodox Church of Constantinople

Istanbul is the seat of one of the oldest Orthodox Churches.

• Orthodox Church of Antioch

Hatay province including Antakya is not part of the canonic area of the Church of Constantinople. Most of the local orthodox persons are Arabic-speaking.

• Turkish Orthodox Church was created by the wish to create a Turkish national church.

[edit] Churches of the Armenian rite

• Armenian Apostolic Church (Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople)

35 churches in Istanbul and its area. Other churches in Kayseri, Diyarbakır, Derik, İskenderun, Vakifli Koyu and Kirikhan.

• Armenian Catholic Church
• Armenian Evangelical Church

[edit] Churches of the Syriac rite

• Syriac Orthodox Church
• Assyrian Church of the East
• Syriac Catholic Church
• Chaldean Catholic Church

[edit] Roman Catholic Church

• Vicariate Apostolic of Istanbul
• Vicariate Apostolic of Anatolia
• Archdiocese of Izmir
• Archeparchy of Istanbul (Armenian)
• Archeparchy of Diyarbakir (Chaldaean)
• Vicariate Apostolic of Istanbul (Byzantine)
• Church of St Peter of Antakya

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