As reported, earlier the Rivne Regional State Administration published information on how many parishes of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church were re-registered to the OCU. It is reported that in 2014, 550 religious communities of the UOC functioned in the Rivne region. In early 2022, their number decreased to 506, and now there are 446. In turn, the number of parishes of the OCU increased from 258 in 2022 to 413 in 2024. In 2024, eight religious communities of the UOC were re-registered to the OCU. This number is confirmed by the order of the head of the Rivne Regional Administration. Thus, starting in 2022, 60 parishes of the UOC in the Rivne region were officially transferred to the OCU.
Vinnytsia Diocese of OCU reports on number of parishes seized from UOC
On November 26, 2024, the Vinnytsia Eparchy of the OCU held a final meeting at which the former hierarch of the UOC Simeon Shostatsky, who joined the OCU in 2018, spoke about the number of parishes of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church seized in 2024. This is reported by the website of the Vinnytsia Diocese of the OCU.
According to Simeon Shostatsky, in 2024, the number of parishes in the Vinnytsia-Bar Diocese of the OCU increased by 15. 13 of them were taken away from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Thus, as of November 26, the diocese has 2 monasteries and 151 parishes. The largest number of parishes is in Vinnytsia district deanery (51), the smallest — in Haysyn (4).
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