More than half of Ukrainians are faithful of the OCU, and only 4% of the UOC-MP, - survey results
The Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) survey results, held on July 6-20, were shared on August 5 by Ukrainska Pravda.
Another 14% consider themselves simply Orthodox, without specifying the Patriarchate.
Compared to 2021, the share of those who identify with the Orthodox Church of Ukraine has increased from 42% to 54%. But the share of those who identify with the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate has decreased from 18% to 4%.
After Orthodoxy, most respondents identified themselves as atheists (10%) and Greek Catholics (8%). Other religions and confessions were named less frequently.
In all regions, most people identify with Orthodoxy and the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (from 59% in the center to 42% in the East). 3-6% of the UOC-MP identify themselves, depending on the region, while even in the East and South-only 5-6%. At the same time, the share of those who consider themselves Orthodox, but do not belong to any Patriarchate, is growing from West to east from 6% to 26%.
Also, the share of atheists is growing from West to East from 4% to 17%.
Among all linguistic-ethnic categories, most respondents identify with the OCU. Even among Russian-speaking Ukrainians, 36% consider themselves members of the OCU, while 13% consider themselves members of the UOC-MP.
Among all age categories, the majority identify themselves with the OCU. At the same time, for the age categories of 30+ years, this is more than half, while for the category of 18-29 years – slightly less than half.
Among younger people, there are more atheists – 22% among 18-29-year-olds. Among 30-39-year-olds, they constitute 12%, and in older age categories, they are even fewer.
