Since the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) was formed and granted autocephaly by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople last year, both it and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Moscow Patriarchate agree that a number of churches have shifted their allegiance from the Moscow-affiliated Church to the Ukrainian one. But they disagree as to how many.
Kyiv says 506 churches have shifted from UOC-MP; Moscow says only 61 have
By Ukrainian Weekly Editor2 Mins Read