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Transition of church communities to OCU

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The transition of church communities to the OCU is the process of transition of parishes, previously affiliated to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) (UOC MP), from that metropolis to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU). This process began with the Unification Council of 15 December 2018, which resulted in the creation of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. Between 15 December 2018 and 7 November 2022, 1153 parishes (or about 9.5% of the 12,092 parishes the UOC MP had in December 2018[1]) announced their transition from the UOC MP to the OCU.[2][3]

In 2022 after the start of Russian invasion of Ukraine about 700 more parishes transferred from the UOC (MP) to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. In general, in four years after the unification council, almost 1,500 religious communities joined the OCU.[4] Throughout 2023 386 UOC (MP) parishes joined the OCU.[5] From December 2023 to April 2024, 96 churches passed to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.[5]

Counts of parish transitions

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The Holy Transfiguration Cathedral, built in 1779 in Vinnytsia, was one of the first to transfer from the UOC (MP) to the OCU in December 2018

There were two periods of transition:

Prior to the Unification Council, 62 parishes transferred from the UOC MP to the UOC KP. Counts by year: 23 in 2014; 22 in 2015; 5 in 2016, 10 in 2017; 2 in 2018.(uk) On 10 December 2018, the UOC MP published its annual report stating that it had 12,092 parishes by the end of 2018 (2017: 12,069).[1] From 15 December 2018, the transition of UOC MP parishes to the OCU occurred as follows, numerically by month:[10]

No. Month Number of parishes
which left the UOC (MP)
In month Cumulative
1 December 2018 35 35
2 January 2019 152 187
3 February 2019 234 421
4 March 2019 93 514
5 April 2019 14 528
6 May 2019 1 529
7 June 2019 7 536
8 July 2019 1 537
9 August 2019 3 540
10 September 2019 4 544
11 November 2019 1 545
12 December 2019 2 547
13 January 2020 1 548
14 February 2020 1 549
15 July 2020 1 550
16 August 2020 1 551
17 October 2020 1 552
18 February 2021 1 553
19 March 2021 5 558
20 May 2021 2 560
21 October 2021 3 563
22 February 2022 1 564
23 March 2022 54 618
24 April 2022 104 722
25 May 2022 229 951
26 June 2022 104 1055
27 July 2022 55 1110
28 August 2022 30 1140
29 September 2022 14 1154
30 October 2022 13 1167
31 November 2022 19 1186
32 December 2022 16 1202
33 January 2023 19 1221
34 February 2023 31 1252
35 March 2023 24 1276
36 April 2023 95 1371
37 May 2023 73 1444
38 June 2023 50 1494
39 July 2023 27 1511
40 August 2023 30 1541
41 September 2023 16 1557
42 October 2023 22 1579

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "UOC publishes statistics for 2018: The number of parishes increased". Union of Orthodox Journalists. 23 December 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  2. ^ Пів року без МП: декілька сотень парафій УПЦ сказали прощай патріархату-окупанту
  3. ^ Скільки православних громад перейшли до ПЦУ
  4. ^ До ПЦУ з 24 лютого приєдналися ще понад 700 парафій
  5. ^ a b "There are still more than 8,000 churches in the Moscow Patriarchate in Ukraine: where are the most". Ukrainska Pravda – Zhyttia (in Ukrainian). 3 May 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  6. ^ 30 парафій УПЦ (МП) перейшли до Київського патріархату
  7. ^ Від початку війни до ПЦУ з Московського патріархату перейшли 28 громад у 9 областях
  8. ^ До ПЦУ з московського патріархату за час війни перейшли 600 громад – Епіфаній
  9. ^ За три місяці до Київської єпархії ПЦУ перейшли кілька десятків громад – перелік
  10. ^ Від початку вторгнення 110 громад на Київщині перейшли до ПЦУ

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