The "persecuted" Church: UOC-MP reports the increase in the number of its communities

This is reported by the Information and Educational Department of the UOC-MP.

According to him, the number of parishes in the UOC-MP has increased over the year and includes 12,381 religious communities, which is 7 more than last year (12,374).

The total number of clergymen also increased to 12,513 (57 more than in 2020).

In 2021, the UOC-MP has 260 monasteries with 4,630 monks (82 more than last year).

In total, during the reporting period, 5 male monastic monasteries were formed in the Mogilyov-Podilsk, Chernivtsi-Bukovyna, Lviv, Dioceses of Bila Tserkva and Mukachevo.