Moscow Patriarchate holds the 2nd place in the world for the number of believers among Christian Churches

Source: Interfax-Religion

May 27, 2016

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The Orthodox world unites over 300 million believers, over half of them believers of the Russian Church, the head of the Synodal Department for External Church Relations Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk reports.

"As to the number of believers, it holds the second place in the world after the Roman Catholic Church. The Russian Orthodox Church has 193 dioceses, 354 hierarchs, about 35,000 churches, about the same number of priests, and almost 5,000 deacons," the hierarch said speaking before chairs, lecturers and cadets of the Military University at the Russian Defense Ministry.

He noted that since 1988, when the 1000-year anniversary of Russia's Baptism was celebrated, the Moscow Patriarchate has opened a thousand churches a year, which makes three churches a day.

"There has never been such unprecedented growth of the Church in history," the metropolitan stated.

Interfax-Religion

5/27/2016

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Comments
kassahun haddis5/28/2016 12:28 pm
Why is the Ethiopian Orthodox Church not considered here while having more than 35,000 and around half of the population being a believer of this religion ???
We Ethiopians have accepted Christianity b/n the 3rd and 4th century as per literatures though our church claims to have accepted the religion before that!!!"
Luke5/27/2016 4:31 pm
The Church needs more deacons!
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