Diaspora

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Definition:

diaspora
A scattering of a people from their original homeland.
The new community formed by such a people

Sometimes Eastern Orthodox peoples living in the West, believe that they are living as dispersed peoples. Or, to be precise, as specific national and ecclesial “diasporas