A/51/542/Add.1 English Page 13 religious freedom, affecting, in particular, the participation of the Greek Orthodox Church in the organization of powers and its relationship with minority beliefs and forms of worship do not seem to be the subject of any revision. In 1996, following a meeting with the Greek Orthodox authorities, the representatives of the Commission apparently stated that they had no reason to amend the constitutional articles relating to religious matters. II. IMPLEMENTATION OF LEGISLATION AND POLICY IN THE FIELD OF TOLERANCE AND NON-DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RELIGION OR BELIEF 54. The Special Rapporteur has analysed both the situation of the religious minorities and that of the dominant Orthodox Church (the religion of about 95 per cent of the population). A. Situation of religious minorities 55. During his visit, the Special Rapporteur gathered some figures relating to the religious minorities. Only estimates could be compiled (see table below) since, according to the Greek authorities, the State has no official statistics on religious minorities. According to the non-governmental representatives, the State’s figures have not included the religious factor since 1951. Religious minorities Estimated figures Christian minorities Catholics About 50,000 Greek Catholics About 40,000 settled foreign Catholics About 80,000 Polish refugee Catholics About 45,000 refugee Filipino Catholics Protestants About 20,000 Orthodox Christians of the Old Calendar About 700,000 to 1 million Jehovah’s Witnesses About 70,000 Jewish minority About 4,000 Muslim minority About 120,000 /...

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