Eastern Orthodoxy in Korea

Religious minority

Eastern Orthodoxy in Korea consists of two Eastern Orthodox churches in Korea: the Diocese of Korea of the Russian Orthodox Church,[1] which operates as a diocese within a 'Patriarchal Exarchate' in South–East Asia (PESEA), and the Orthodox Metropolis of Korea,[2] a diocese of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.

The missionary activity of the Russian Orthodox Church among the Koreans began in 1856 when St. Innocent (Venyaminov), sent Orthodox missionaries to the southern Ussuri region because of an inflow of Korean settlers. Later many of these settlers returned to Korea, and the group that returned formed the first flock of the Russian Spiritual Mission in Korea.[3] The Mission began functioning on the Korean peninsula in February 1900, reached its peak in 1917, and thereafter fell into decline when funding was cut off following the October Revolution. The Mission continued its activities during the period from 1910 to 1945 when Korea was a colony of the Empire of Japan, remaining loyal to the Moscow Patriarchate. However, the Mission's work was suspended in 1949 for political reasons. The South Korean authorities seized the Mission's property and banished its head, Archimandrite Polycarp (Priymak).[4]

In December 1955, the Orthodox community in Seoul requested to come under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, and the Ecumenical Patriarch, Athenagoras I, accepted the request. Pastoral care of the church in Korea was first entrusted to the Archdiocese of Australia, then transferred to the Archdiocese of North and South America, then to the Metropolis of New Zealand.[5] In April 2004 the Ecumenical Patriarchate established the Metropolis of Korea.

In February 2019, the Russian Orthodox Church formally decided to resume missionary activities in Korea. One reason for this decision was the long term trend of a significant influx of Russian-speaking people in South Korea, prompting a need to open new parishes.[6] The other reason was the 2018 Moscow-Constantinople schism, which led to the severing of full communion between the two churches. The person appointed as the first head and archbishop of the Russian Orthodox diocese of Korea within the PESEA is the ethnically Korean-Russian archbishop Theophanes.[7][8]

In North Korea, the Korean Orthodox Committee operates the Church of the Life-Giving Trinity (Pyongyang).

## See also

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* Christianity in Korea

## References

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1. ^ "대한정교회 - Корейская епархия Русской Православной Церкви". 대한정교회. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
2. ^ "한국 정교회 대교구 (Orthodox Metropolis of Korea)".
3. ^ "Archbishop Feofan of Korea: We Continue the Work that Was Initiated Several Centuries Ago | A Russian Orthodox Church Website". www.pravmir.com. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
4. ^ "Archbishop Feofan of Korea: We Continue the Work that Was Initiated Several Centuries Ago | A Russian Orthodox Church Website". www.pravmir.com. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
5. ^ "The Metropolis of Korea – 한국정교회 대교구(Orthodox Metropolis of Korea)". orthodoxkorea.org. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
6. ^ "Archbishop Feofan of Korea: We Continue the Work that Was Initiated Several Centuries Ago | A Russian Orthodox Church Website". www.pravmir.com. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
7. ^ "Ethnic Korean bishop appointed for Russian Church's Korean Diocese". OrthoChristian.Com. 5 April 2019. Archived from the original on 5 April 2019. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
8. ^ "ЖУРНАЛЫ заседания Священного Синода от 4 апреля 2019 года / Официальные документы / Патриархия.ru". Патриархия.ru (in Russian). 4 April 2019. Retrieved 2019-04-05.

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Christianity in Korea

Catholicism|

* Catholic Church in South Korea
* Catholic Church in North Korea

Protestantism|

* Anglican Church of Korea
* Korea Baptist Convention
* Conservative Presbyterian Church in Korea
* Conservative Reformed Presbyterian Church in Korea
* Korean Christian Fundamentalist Assembly
* Korean Methodist Church
* Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea
* National Council of Churches in Korea
* Pure Presbyterian Church in Korea
* United Presbyterian Church in Korea
* Union Presbyterian Church in Korea
* Women Pastors Presbyterian Church in Korea
* Korea Campus Crusade for Christ
* Independent Reformed Church in Korea
* Independent Reformed Presbyterian Church in Korea
* Victory Altar
* The Church of Almighty God

| Branches of
Presbyterian
Church of
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* HapDong
* TongHap
* Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea
* Fundamentalist
* GaeHyuk I.
* Jesus
* KoShin
* HapShin
* KoRyuPa
* JungAng
* Daeshin
* HapDongChongShin
* HapDongChunTong
* HapDongBokUm
* ChanYang
* BoSuHapDong
* BokUm
* YeJong
* JeongRip
* Logos
* HwanWon
* DokNoHoe
* JapDongJungAng
* YeJangHapBo
* DaeShin II
* BupTong
* NamBuk
* HapDongBoSu
* SungHapChuk
* BoSuTongHap
* JeongTongChongHap
* HapDongChungYun
* HapDongJeongShin
* HanGukBoSu
* HapDongEunChong
* DongShin
* HapDongJinRi
* HapDongYunHap
* YunShin
* JangShin
* SunGyo
* HapDongYeChong
* ChanYang
* Ko-Ryu-Anti-Accusation
* HapDongChongShin I.
* HapDongChongShin II.
* HapDongSeungHoe
* JungRip
* PyungAhn
* HapDongChongHoe
* JeongTongGyeSeung
* HapDongTongHap
* HapDongBoSu I.
* HapDongBoSu II.
* DaeShin II.
* HapDongHwanWon
* HapDongBoSu IV.
* HapDongBoSu III.
* HapDongBoSu II.
* ChongHoe II.
* TongHapBoSu
* DaeHanShinChuk
* HapDongYeChong I
* HapDongSeongHoe
* GaeHyukHapDong I
* GaeHyukHapDong II
* HapDongGaeHyuk
* HapDongJangShin
* HoHun III
* ChongHoe II
* ChongHoe I
* HyukShin
* GaeHyukHapDong III
* DokNoHoe II
* BoSuJeongTong
* HapDongYeSun
* JaeGun
* Presbyterian Church in Korea (GaeHyuk)

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In North Korea|

* Korean Christian Federation
* Pyongyang Theological Seminary
* Bongsu Church
* Chilgol Church

Eastern
Orthodoxy|

| Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople|

* Korean Orthodox Church

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Russian Orthodox Church|

* Church of the Life-Giving Trinity
* Russian Orthodox diocese of Korea
* Korean Ecclesiastical Mission [ru] (ROCOR)

Interdenominational
organisations|

* The Communion of Churches in Korea
* National Council of Churches in Korea

Missionaries|

* Barthélemy Bruguière
* Laurent-Joseph-Marius Imbert
* Siméon-François Berneux
* Marie-Nicolas-Antoine Daveluy
* Charles Corfe
* Horace Newton Allen
* Henry Appenzeller
* Mary F. Scranton
* Karl Gützlaff
* Sotirios Trambas
* Ambrosios Zografos

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States with
limited recognition|

* Abkhazia
* Northern Cyprus
* Palestine
* South Ossetia
* Taiwan

Dependencies and
other territories|

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* Hong Kong
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