# The Orthodox surge

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Podcast: [God Forbid](https://stenobird.com/podcast/god-forbid-567088)
Published: 2026-04-10T04:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/godforbid/the-orthodox-surge/106488726
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## Resource

It’s Eastern Orthodox Easter this weekend, where the faithful will announce to each other Christos Anesti. Christ is Risen. Also risen? The fortunes of Eastern Orthodoxy among men – though this is contested. Over the last 50 years, the numbers of people around the world identifying as religious have dropped. But the numbers of Christians seem to have stabilised, just in the last few years. Why?

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