Oriental Orthodoxy in Saudi Arabia

Oriental Orthodoxy (Arabic: الأرثوذكسية الشرقية) first arrived in the Arabian Peninsula including areas comprising modern day Saudi Arabia during the apostolic age of Christianity.

[3] Items, memorabilia, and articles belonging to other religious groups, including Orthodox Christians, are not prohibited from being bought into the country, as long as they're just used privately in most cases.

Government entities such as Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice actively enforced these restrictions over the years, although its powers were significantly curtailed in April 2016.

[4] Starting in 2017 when Mohammed bin Salman became the Crown Prince of the Kingdom, a series of social end economic reforms followed which led in a decrease in legal hostility towards Christians in the country.

[5] Later in 2023, Christians, namely the Oriental Orthodox, held mass openly in Saudi Arabia for the first time under Bishop Ava Morkos with the permission of the Kingdom's authorities.