Christianity in Eritrea

Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Rosary in Asmara

Eritrea as a country and the Eritrean community are multi-religious. Eritrea has two dominant religions, Christianity and Islam.

Eritrea as a country and the Eritrean community are multi-religious; Eritrea has two dominant religions: Christianity and Islam, the various estimates place Christianity (all denominations) as the religion of between 47% and 63% of the population of Eritrea.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Eritrean Christians are primarily followers of Oriental Orthodoxy, with a much smaller segment are members of the Catholic Church, and less than one percent of the population following P'ent'ay Evangelicalism.

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