Russian Orthodox Church in Uzbekistan

The Russian Orthodox Church in Uzbekistan is the main community of Eastern Orthodox Christianity in Uzbekistan, a predominantly Muslim country. Many of its members are Russians. Uzbekistan falls within Tashkent and the Central Asian Eparchy of the Russian Orthodox Church. The Eparchy is headed by a Metropolitan. Since 2011, the current Metropolitan of Tashkent and Central Asia is Vincent (Morar).^[1][2]

A Russian Orthodox church in Samarkand

Russian Orthodox Church in Uzbekistan has been established in 1871 and extends to Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Kyrgyzstan.^[3][4] The Russian Orthodox Church has a better standing with the government than other religious groups do.^[5] The constitution establishes a secular framework to separate church and state.^[5]

Government figures in 2020 suggested that 2.2% of the population of Uzbekistan are Orthodox Christians, most of whom are ethnic Russians.^[5]

See also

• Religion in Uzbekistan
• Christianity in Uzbekistan
• Eastern Orthodoxy in Uzbekistan
• Protestantism in Uzbekistan
• Roman Catholicism in Uzbekistan