Razumkov Center: 35.2% of Ukrainians consider themselves faithful of the OCU, 5.5% - of the Moscow Patriarchate

28 January, 14:25
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Razumkov Center: 35.2% of Ukrainians consider themselves faithful of the OCU, 5.5% - of the Moscow Patriarchate - фото 1
55.4% of Ukrainians consider themselves Orthodox, 11.9% Greek Catholics, 1% Roman Catholics, 2.5% representatives of Protestant churches, and less than 1% Jews and Muslims.

This is evidenced by the results of a study conducted by the Razumkov Center.

The percentage of Orthodox Christians is the lowest compared to all previous years. In 2000, it was 66%, in 2010 - 68.1%, in 2013-2014 - over 70%, in 2022 - 62.7%.

At the same time, the percentage of Greek Catholics has increased - 5.7% in 2013, 9.6% in 2020, 8.8% in 2021, and 10.2% in 2022.

The percentage of Roman Catholics, which has fluctuated from 0.4 in 2010 to 1.9 in 2022, has slightly decreased over the course of the surveys. Also, during the full-scale war, the percentage of Protestant believers decreased slightly, although in 2022, it was the highest percentage at 3.7%, and before that, in 2018, it was 2.2%.

Sociologists also recorded a high percentage of those who do not identify themselves with any religious faith - 18.4%. Before that, the number was higher only in 2021 - 18.8%, and in 2022 - 11.7%, in 2023 - 13.4%.

Among those who called themselves Orthodox, 35.2% identified themselves with the OCU (in 2022 - 36.4%, in 2023 - 42.2%), 5.5% with the UOC-MP (in 2022-2023 - 6.5% and 5.6%, respectively), 0.1% with other Orthodox, and 13.7% consider themselves simply Orthodox (in 2022-2023 - 19% and 12.6%, respectively).

Regionally, the largest number of OCU believers is in the central regions of Ukraine - 44.9%, and 9.6% in the south. And in the western regions, there are the fewest Orthodox believers - 4.4%.

The face-to-face survey was conducted from October 25 to 31, 2024, in all regions of Ukraine controlled by the government of Ukraine and not subject to hostilities. 2,017 respondents aged 18 and older were interviewed. The theoretical sampling error does not exceed 2.3%. At the same time, additional systematic sample deviations may be caused by the consequences of Russian aggression, in particular, the forced evacuation of millions of citizens.

The study was conducted with the support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Ukraine.