Eastern Orthodoxy by country
Based on the numbers of adherents, the Eastern Orthodox Church (also known as Eastern Orthodoxy) is the second largest Christian communion in the world after the Roman Catholic Church. The most common estimates of the number of Eastern Orthodox Christians worldwide is approximately 200–260 million. The numerous Protestant groups in the world, if taken all together, outnumber the Eastern Orthodox, but they differ theologically and do not form a single communion.
Moran Mor Athanasius Yohan Metropolitan
Believers Eastern Church (previously Believers Church) is self-described as "evangelical in nature and outlook, oriental in worship, democratic in function and episcopal in governance and character" and claims to have congregations and parishes worldwide. The church has an episcopal governance. Believers Eastern Church is an "Ancient-Future Church" and as such, is considered by some to be heretical. The church holds Christ as the head of the Church (Col 1:18); hence it is governed by a committee of Bishops, the Synod, with one central Bishop holding the honorary title of "first among equals". Believers Eastern Church is administratively based in the state of Kerala in southwestern India. In 2015, the church reported it was re-organized into 33 dioceses; a decrease from the 36 dioceses reported by Smith in 2009. According to Believers Eastern Church, its membership consists of more than 3.5 million people in 10 countries speaking a hundred languages. The Church currently has 30 Bishops, and the current Metropolitan Bishop is Moran Mor Athanasius Yohan Metropolitan (also known as K. P. Yohannan). Bishops and ordained clergy are required to vow allegiance and submission to the metropolitan (currently Moran Mor Athanasius Yohan Metropolitan) and all of his successors.