As a generisations - what religion are Romanians?

[pitstopbunny]

What religion are Romanians generally and do they celebrate Christmas?

[luckystrike]

71% Romanian Orthodox

6% Protestant

5% Roman Catholic

18% Muslim / Jewish / Other / Unaffiliated

Romanian Orthodox, Protestants and Roman Catholics are all followers of Christ, and therefore celebrate Christmas.

[Octavius]

The Christian holidays of Christmas and (Orthodox) Easter are celebrated (they are official, non-working, holidays). Unlike some other Eastern Orthodox Churches, the Romanian Orthodox Church celebrates Christmas on 25 December; however, they follow the usual Eastern Orthodox practice for the date of Easter.

luckystrike may be more up to date than I, but I would say that a higher % of the population. From the 2002 Census:

Romanian Orthodox - 86.8%
Roman Catholic - 4.5%
Protestant - 3.7%
Pentecostal - 1.5%
Greek-Catholic Uniate - 0.9%

In Dobrogea, the region lying on the shore of the Black Sea, there is a small Muslim minority (of Turkish and Tatar ethnicity), a remnant of the Ottoman rule and migrations from Crimea, respectively.

[rampart]

It is interesting, to me anyway, that the Romanian Orthodox Church follows a slightly different calendar - the same as the Greek Orthodox, if I am not mistaken.

More on that:

http://www.goarch.org/en/ourfaith/articles/article7070.asp

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