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]
Counts of parish transitions[edit]
There were two periods of transition:
- From the beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian War to the Unification Council, there were transitions from the UOC MP to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate (UOC KP).[5]
- From the Unification Council to date, there were transitions from both the UOC MP and the UOC KP to the UOC.[6][7][8]
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:[9]
| 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[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "UOC publishes statistics for 2018: The number of parishes increased". Union of Orthodox Journalists. 23 December 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ Пів року без МП: декілька сотень парафій УПЦ сказали прощай патріархату-окупанту
- ^ Скільки православних громад перейшли до ПЦУ
- ^ До ПЦУ з 24 лютого приєдналися ще понад 700 парафій
- ^ 30 парафій УПЦ (МП) перейшли до Київського патріархату
- ^ Від початку війни до ПЦУ з Московського патріархату перейшли 28 громад у 9 областях
- ^ До ПЦУ з московського патріархату за час війни перейшли 600 громад – Епіфаній
- ^ За три місяці до Київської єпархії ПЦУ перейшли кілька десятків громад – перелік
- ^ Від початку вторгнення 110 громад на Київщині перейшли до ПЦУ
Sources[edit]
- Explore Ukraine's Contemporary Religious Landscape in MAPA's New Story Map Journal // Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, 8 February 2020
- Religious pluralism in Ukraine // harvard-cga.maps.arcgis.com
- "Як Московська церква рятує себе в Україні. Десять прийомів". glavcom.ua. Главком. 2019-02-01. Archived from the original on 2019-06-25. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
- "Скільки парафій має УПЦ МП у кожній області України. Інфографіка". www.volynnews.com. Волинські новини. 2019-02-14. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
- "В уряді розказали, як Москва гальмує перехід громад до ПЦУ". risu.org.ua. Релігійно-інформаційна служба України. 2019-12-04. Retrieved 2019-12-04.