MOST ORTHODOX UKRAINIANS SUPPORT CREATION OF P.Ts.U. AND
CALL
THEMSELVES ITS PARISHIONERS—SURVEY
Ukrainian Christians in their majority view positively
the creation of
the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (PTsU) and among Orthodox it is
the PTsU to
which the majority belongs. This was shown in a survey by the
KMIS, TSN
reports.
Thus, 48.8% of those questioned belong to the PTsU,
16.3% consider
themselves as not belonging to a patriarchate, 14.2% are
believers of the UPTsMP,
8.8% belong to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, 4.3%
consider themselves
atheists, 4.9% belong to other confessions taken together, and
2.7% have
difficulty saying.
Among the respondents who view the creation of the
Orthodox Church of
Ukraine and the presentation of the tomos to it positively,
64.5% consider that
the conditions established in the tomos are sufficient for the
development of
an independent Ukrainian church and the tomos should not be
rejected. In turn,
8.8% consider that the conditions are unfavorable for the
Orthodox Church of
Ukraine and the tomos should be rejected and the Ukrainian
Orthodox Church of
the Kiev Patriarchate should be revived. 26.7% could not or
would not answer
the question.
Of respondents, 50.6% think that the presentation of the
tomos is more
likely to unite society while 30.5% in contrast think that it is
more likely a
divisive factor for Ukraine. 18.9% could not or would not answer
the question.
The survey was conducted from 12 to 18 May by means of a
telephone
survey of cell phones; 1200 respondents aged 18 years and more
were questioned.
The margin of error is more than 2.9%. (tr. by PDS, posted 22
May 2019)
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