In 2024, half as many communities transferred from the UOC-MP to the OCU as in 2023

18 January, 16:10
Interconfessional
Голосування в одній з громад, що перейшла у 2024 році - фото 1
Голосування в одній з громад, що перейшла у 2024 році
According to the State Service of Ukraine for Ethnic Policy and Freedom of Conscience (SEFC), the total number of religious communities that changed their subordination and moved from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine in 2024 is 232.

In total, 1200 parishes joined the OCU in 2022-2024.

Professor Andrii Smyrnov of the Ostroh Academy received this data in response to an information request.

According to the SEFC, 496 communities changed their canonical affiliation from the UOC-MP to the OCU in 2022 and in 2023 - 471.

In 2024, half as many communities transferred from the UOC-MP to the OCU as in 2023 - фото 146143