Among church leaders, Pope Francis enjoys the highest trust of Ukrainians. Head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill is distrusted the most.
This is evidenced by a survey conducted by the Razumkov Center.
The question was asked about trust and distrust of the first hierarchs:
Pope Francis is trusted by 45.4% distrusted by 14.1%;
Metropolitan Epifaniy is trusted by 44.3%, distrusted by 15.8%;
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew is trusted by 32.1% and distrusted by 15.7%;
Metropolitan Onufriy of Kyiv and all Ukraine (UOC-MP) enjoys the trust of 31.9% and is distrusted by 26%;
Archbishop Sviatoslav of Kyiv and Halych (UGCC) is trusted by 29.3% and distrusted by 16.3%;
Patriarch Filaret of Kyiv and all Rus-Ukraine is trusted by 29.3% and distrusted by 25.1%;
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia (ROC MP) is trusted by 15% and distrusted by 44.7%.
The survey was conducted from October 1 to October 8 throughout Ukraine, except for the temporarily occupied territories. Two thousand twenty people aged 18 and over were interviewed. The margin of error is not more than 2.3%. The survey was conducted with the support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Representative Office in Ukraine.