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81% of Bulgaria's Population Are Orthodox Christians (The Sofia Globe, 2017)

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A Sofia Globe news article, read directly for this pass, reporting Pew Research Center's 2017 report "Orthodox Christianity in the 21st Century": 81 percent of Bulgaria's population, more than six million people on 2015 figures, self-identified as Orthodox Christian.

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Reliability Tier
2
English language news outlet reporting a named academic research organization's (Pew Research Center) published finding at one remove; the underlying Pew report itself was not separately minted as a source this pass.
Notes
Underlying survey fieldwork for Central and Eastern Europe was conducted 2015 to 2016; the 81 percent / six million figure is Pew's Bulgaria country estimate as reported in this 2017 article.
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Publisher
The Sofia Globe
Publication Year
2017
URL
https://sofiaglobe.com/2017/11/12/81-of-bulgarias-population-are-orthodox-christians-but-22-of-them-are-atheists-or-agnostics-2/
Source Type
news
Claims Backed By This Source (14 claims)

This source backs 14 claims across the atlas. As facts: 12 well-attested. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
  • Denominations, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 general references.
  • Articles, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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