Religion in North Macedonia

[3] According to the 2021 official census, the religious composition of North Macedonia was 60.44% Christian of all denominations, 32.17% Muslim, 0.59% atheist or agnostic, and 7.26% other or undefined (predominantly orthodox Macedonians as per registries).

[4][5] Eastern Orthodoxy has had a long history in North Macedonia, and remains the majority religion.

[citation needed] In 2001 the Holy See established the Byzantine Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Macedonia.

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, American missionaries converted villages in the Strumica-Petrich region to Methodism, a faith still practiced.

[10] Jews had been present when the region now called the Republic of North Macedonia was under Roman rule in the second century AD.

In the Second World War, North Macedonia was occupied by Bulgaria, an Axis power, and the Jews were sent to concentration camps.

[11] As in the rest of the Balkans, the Holocaust and immigration to Israel means that North Macedonia now has a much smaller Jewish community, numbering roughly 200.

Religious organizations have complained about unfair treatment by the government around questions of building permits and property restitutions.