Transition of church communities to OCU

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
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:[9]

No.MonthNumber of parishes
which left the UOC (MP)
In monthCumulative
1December 20183535
2January 2019152187
3February 2019234421
4March 201993514
5April 201914528
6May 20191529
7June 20197536
8July 20191537
9August 20193540
10September 20194544
11November 20191545
12December 20192547
13January 20201548
14February 20201549
15July 20201550
16August 20201551
17October 20201552
18February 20211553
19March 20215558
20May 20212560
21October 20213563
22February 20221564
23March 202254618
24April 2022104722
25May 2022229951
26June 20221041055
27July 2022541109
28August 2022301139
29September 2022121151
30October 202221153
31November 2022171170
32December 2022121182
33January 2023161198
34February 2023261224
35March 202351229

See also

References
  1. "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. 30 парафій УПЦ (МП) перейшли до Київського патріархату
  6. Від початку війни до ПЦУ з Московського патріархату перейшли 28 громад у 9 областях
  7. До ПЦУ з московського патріархату за час війни перейшли 600 громад – Епіфаній
  8. За три місяці до Київської єпархії ПЦУ перейшли кілька десятків громад – перелік
  9. Від початку вторгнення 110 громад на Київщині перейшли до ПЦУ

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