Prawosławie i katolicyzm na Ukrainie w latach 1989–2014 – podejście ilościowe
Orthodoxy and catholicism in Ukraine in 1989–2014 – a quantitative approach

Summary/Abstract: The complex reality of religious and institutional situation in Ukraine (three orthodoxchurches; two catholic churches), imposed on ethnic relations, has a significant impact onthe balance of power in Ukraine, reinforcing existing divisions: between Ukrainians andRussians, between west and east Ukraine, between Orthodox and Catholics.Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) is the most conservative force,with canonical and political ties (specially part of hierarchy) with Russia. It is the bestorganized religious structure in Ukraine with 12485 parishes and 10068 priests.Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate (4536 parishes and 3141 priests)and the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (1205 parishes, and 731 priests) aremuch more related to Ukrainian statehood and are supported by the Ukrainian state andthe Ukrainian political parties on their road to autocephaly and canonical independencefrom Moscow Patriarchate. The most aroused nationalist forces (the All-Ukrainian Union“Svoboda”, Right Sector) are often associated with the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church(3734 parishes and 2594 priests), the main supporter of the Ukrainian nationalism.

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