Lebanese Greek Orthodox Christians

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Lebanese Greek Orthodox Christians (Arabic: المسيحية الأرثوذكسية الرومية في لبنان) are Lebanese people who follow the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch in Lebanon, an autocephalous Greek Orthodox Church within the wider communion of the Eastern Orthodox Church. They are the second-largest Christian denomination in Lebanon, after the Maronite Christians. Lebanese Greek Orthodox Christians are estimated to constitute about 8% of the total population of Lebanon. Most Greek Orthodox Christians live in the capital city of Beirut, the Metn hinterland, the Hasbayya and Rashayya districts in the southeast, and the North Governorate, in the Koura region (south of Tripoli) and Akkar. Under the consensus of the unwritten agreement known as the National Pact among the political leaders of Lebanon, the Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon and the Deputy Prime Minister of Lebanon are assumed to be Greek Orthodox Christians.

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