There are still almost 8000 churches of the Moscow Patriarchate in Ukraine: which regions are in the lead

In Ukraine, 7,826 churches of the Moscow Patriarchate continue to function, despite the law that prohibits activities of religious organizations associated with Russia. About this testify opendatabot data.

Most of these churches are concentrated:

→ in Dnipropetrovska oblast – 522;

→ in Vinnytsia region – 495;

→ in Transcarpathia – 487.

The fewest churches of the Moscow Patriarchate are in Lviv (six) and Ivano-Frankivsk (eight) regions.

Only 18 religious institutions out of almost 8,000 openly declare such ties.

In the nearly four years of full-scale war, 934 religious communities have officially joined the Orthodox Church (OCU). Most often, religious institutions from Khmelnytsky (205), Kyiv (196), and Vinnytsia (105) regions converted to the Ukrainian church. The peak of transitions occurred in 2023, when 386 communities changed jurisdiction.

The transition of a church from one metropolis to another takes a long time. Therefore, the data in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, Individual Entrepreneurs and Public Organizations may differ from the information "on the ground" and in the OCU.

• on August 28, it became known that the State Service of Ukraine for Ethnic Policy and Freedom of Conscience recognized The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate is affiliated with a foreign religious organization whose activities are prohibited in Ukraine.
• september 2, DESS filed to the court to liquidate the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate.