World religions

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Official websites of religious organisations worldwide: 21 traditions, 103 organisations from 43 countries. In each tradition, world centres and international organisations come first (in bold), followed by organisations by country. Only the organisations’ own websites, without judgement.

Traditions: 1. Armenian Apostolic Church · 2. Catholic Church · 3. Orthodox Churches · 4. Other Oriental Orthodox Churches · 5. Protestantism and Anglicanism · 6. New Christian churches · 7. Islam — Sunni · 8. Islam — Shia · 9. Judaism · 10. Bahá’í Faith · 11. Zoroastrianism · 12. Yazidism · 13. Hinduism · 14. Sikhism · 15. Jainism · 16. Theravada Buddhism · 17. Mahayana Buddhism · 18. Vajrayana Buddhism · 19. Shinto · 20. Taoism and Confucianism · 21. Traditional beliefs

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1. Armenian Apostolic Church

• Mother See of Holy EtchmiadzinArmenia
• Catholicosate of the Great House of CiliciaLebanon
• Diocese of Russia and New NakhichevanRussia
• Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of AmericaUnited States
• Western Diocese of the Armenian Church of North AmericaUnited States
• Armenian Diocese of CanadaCanada

2. Catholic Church

• Holy SeeVatican City
• Council of the Bishops’ Conferences of EuropeSwitzerland
• Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European UnionBelgium
• Latin American and Caribbean Episcopal CouncilColombia
• Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and MadagascarGhana
• Federation of Asian Bishops’ ConferencesInternational

3. Orthodox Churches

• Ecumenical Patriarchate of ConstantinopleTürkiye
• Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of AlexandriaEgypt
• Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of AntiochSyria
• Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of JerusalemJerusalem
• Russian Orthodox ChurchRussia
• Georgian Orthodox ChurchGeorgia
• Serbian Orthodox ChurchSerbia
• Romanian Orthodox ChurchRomania
• Bulgarian Orthodox ChurchBulgaria
• Church of CyprusCyprus
• Church of GreeceGreece
• Polish Orthodox ChurchPoland
• Orthodox Autocephalous Church of AlbaniaAlbania
• Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and SlovakiaCzechia
• Orthodox Church of UkraineUkraine
• Ukrainian Orthodox ChurchUkraine
• Orthodox Church in AmericaUnited States

4. Other Oriental Orthodox Churches

• Coptic Orthodox ChurchEgypt
• Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate of AntiochSyria
• Malankara Orthodox Syrian ChurchIndia

5. Protestantism and Anglicanism

• World Council of ChurchesSwitzerland
• Anglican CommunionUnited Kingdom
• Lutheran World FederationSwitzerland
• World Communion of Reformed ChurchesGermany
• Baptist World AllianceUnited States
• Mennonite World ConferenceInternational
• World Evangelical AllianceInternational
• Pentecostal World FellowshipInternational
• The Salvation ArmyUnited Kingdom
• Seventh-day Adventist ChurchUnited States
• Evangelical Church in GermanyGermany
• Church of EnglandUnited Kingdom

6. New Christian churches

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsUnited States
• Jehovah’s WitnessesUnited States
• New Apostolic ChurchSwitzerland

7. Islam — Sunni

• Al-AzharEgypt
• Muslim World LeagueSaudi Arabia
• Egypt’s Dar al-IftaEgypt
• International Islamic Fiqh AcademySaudi Arabia
• Presidency of Religious Affairs of TürkiyeTürkiye
• Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Russian FederationRussia
• Central Spiritual Administration of Muslims of RussiaRussia
• Spiritual Administration of Muslims of KazakhstanKazakhstan
• Muslim Board of UzbekistanUzbekistan

8. Islam — Shia

• Office of Grand Ayatollah al-SistaniIraq
• Office of Ayatollah KhameneiIran
• The Ismaili Community (Aga Khan)Portugal

9. Judaism

• World Jewish CongressUnited States
• Chief Rabbinate of IsraelIsrael
• Conference of European RabbisGermany
• World Union for Progressive JudaismJerusalem
• Chabad-LubavitchUnited States
• Masorti OlamiJerusalem
• Federation of Jewish Communities of RussiaRussia

10. Bahá’í Faith

• The Bahá’í Faith — worldwide communityIsrael
• Bahá’í International CommunityInternational

11. Zoroastrianism

• World Zoroastrian OrganisationInternational
• Federation of Zoroastrian Associations of North AmericaUnited States
• Zoroastrian Trust Funds of EuropeUnited Kingdom

12. Yazidism

No verified official websites in this tradition yet — the list is growing.

13. Hinduism

• International Society for Krishna ConsciousnessIndia
• Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna MissionIndia
• BAPS Swaminarayan SansthaIndia
• Sringeri Sharada PeethamIndia
• Arya SamajIndia

14. Sikhism

• Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak CommitteeIndia
• Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management CommitteeIndia

15. Jainism

• Institute of JainologyUnited Kingdom
• Federation of Jain Associations in North AmericaUnited States

16. Theravada Buddhism

• World Fellowship of BuddhistsThailand
• National Office of Buddhism of ThailandThailand
• Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic (Sri Dalada Maligawa)Sri Lanka

17. Mahayana Buddhism

• Fo Guang ShanTaiwan
• Soka GakkaiJapan
• Plum Village — tradition of Thich Nhat HanhFrance
• Buddhist Association of ChinaChina
• Japan Buddhist FederationJapan
• Jogye Order of Korean BuddhismSouth Korea
• Vietnam Buddhist SanghaVietnam

18. Vajrayana Buddhism

• Office of His Holiness the Dalai LamaIndia
• Office of the Gyalwang KarmapaIndia
• Sakya TrizinIndia
• Golden Abode of Buddha Shakyamuni (Kalmykia)Russia

19. Shinto

• Association of Shinto ShrinesJapan
• Ise JinguJapan
• Meiji JinguJapan
• Izumo TaishaJapan

20. Taoism and Confucianism

• International Confucian AssociationChina
• Chinese Taoist AssociationChina
• Nishan World Center for Confucian StudiesChina

21. Traditional beliefs

• ÁsatrúarfélagiðIceland
• RomuvaLithuania

We list only the organisations’ own official websites and do not judge any teaching; the order of the traditions implies no preference. Links checked on October 24, 2026. Spotted a mistake or know an official website that is missing? Write to us on WhatsApp.