Global Orthodox Federation (21st Century Crisis)

The Global Federation of Orthodox Nations (Russian: Глобальная федерация православных народов, Bulgarian: Световна федерация на православните народи, Serbo-Croatian: Глобална федерација православних народа, Ukrainians: Глобальна федерація православних народів, Romanian: Federația Națională a Națiunilor Ortodoxe, Wallachi: Federațziya Națională a Națiunilor Ortodoxe, Greek: Παγκόσμια Ομοσπονδία Ορθόδοξων Εθνών, Armenian: Ուղղափառ ժողովուրդների համաշխարհային ֆեդերացիա, Georgian: მართლმადიდებლური სამყაროს გლობალური ფედერაცია, Arabic: الاتحاد العالمي للأرثوذكس) also known as the Orthodox Federation is a global non-political religious organization composed of countries with a majority Orthodox population, or a country with a significant Orthodox population, as well as history.

The organization by found mainly by the Soviet Union (today Russia), Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Greece after the collapse of communist regimes, in which their State Atheist doctrines went with.

Eventually, even NATO countries began to join, Romania in 1997.

Egypt was finally allowed to join in 2013, becoming the first member state where Orthodox comprise a minority.

While the Armenian Orthodox Church, Ukrainian Orthodox Church and Georgian Orthodox Church are now located within Russia, Armenian and Georgian have retained their statuses as official languages.

By population