Since 2022, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (moscow Patriarchate) has lost around 2,000 religious communities to the Kyiv Patriarchate

Since the start of the full-scale invasion, approximately 4-5% of Ukrainians support the moscow Patriarchate, while about 55% support the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

Metropolitan Yevstratiy Zoria, spokesperson for the Kyiv Metropolis of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, stated this during a briefing at the Media Center Ukraine.

“Approximately 40% of religious organizations belong to Protestant churches. According to this statistic, the moscow Patriarchate has lost over 2,000 religious communities to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine during the years of full-scale war. The number of UOC-MP religious communities is now about 9,000,” he said.

Furthermore, the UOC-MP has lost influence over approximately 5,000 religious communities that remained in the occupied territories and were subordinated by moscow.

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