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As of 2016, the Ukrainian state officially recognises only four of the following organisations (RUNVira, Ancestral Fire of the Native Orthodox Faith, the Churches of Ukrainian Gentiles and the Federation of Ukrainian Rodnovers), with more than one hundred local congregations affiliated with these four.
The doctrine of the Church of the Native Ukrainian National Faith, "Sylenkoism" or "Dazhbogism", is monist and centered around the god Dazhbog. As of 2018, there were 0.1% Pagan believers in Ukraine, with a higher percentage in Central Ukraine. [2] Sociologists estimated between 1,000 and 95,000 Rodnovers (0.2%) in Ukraine in the early 2000s.
The early church of the Native Ukrainian National Faith was founded by Lev Sylenko in 1966, in the United States, among the Ukrainian diaspora. [57] The first congregation was established in Chicago , and later congregations were founded in Canada , England , Germany , Australia and New Zealand . [ 58 ]
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The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA (UOC of USA) [a] is an Eastern Orthodox Christian religious organization of the Ukrainian diaspora under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in the United States. It consists of two eparchies , ruled by two bishops, including about 85 active parishes and missions.
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church has declared its independence from Moscow and proclaimed its loyalty to Ukraine, but a government study commission contended that the UOC remains a structural unit of ...
On 20 August 2024, the Verkhovna Rada banned the Russian Orthodox Church by adopting the Law of Ukraine "On the Protection of the Constitutional Order in the Field of Activities of Religious Organizations". Ukrainian religious organizations affiliated with the ROC will have nine months to break off its relations with the Patriarchate of Moscow ...
Rodnovery (Native Faith) (1920–30s) Zadruga (1937) Rodzima Wiara (1996) Native Ukrainian National Faith, RUNVira (1964) Peterburgian Vedism. Union of the Veneds (1986) [2] Skhoron ezh Sloven (1991) [2] Slavic-Hill Rodnovery (1980s) Ynglism (1991) Native Polish Church (1995) Union of Slavic Native Belief Communities (1997) Rodnover ...