Home›Sources›Russian Church Has 180 Million Faithful; 36,000 Churches; 1,000 Monasteries; 56 Seminaries, Says Patriarch KirillSourcesRussian Church Has 180 Million Faithful; 36,000 Churches; 1,000 Monasteries; 56 Seminaries, Says Patriarch KirillOrthoChristian.com, reporting Patriarch Kirill's address in Romania, October 30, 2017Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Russian Church Has 180 Million Faithful; 36,000 Churches; 1,000 Monasteries; 56 Seminaries, Says Patriarch Kirill." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/orthochristian-2017-kirill-180-million-faithful.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Russian Church Has 180 Million Faithful; 36,000 Churches; 1,000 Monasteries; 56 Seminaries, Says Patriarch Kirill. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/orthochristian-2017-kirill-180-million-faithfulCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-russian-church-has-180-million-faithful, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Russian Church Has 180 Million Faithful; 36,000 Churches; 1,000 Monasteries; 56 Seminaries, Says Patriarch Kirill}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/orthochristian-2017-kirill-180-million-faithful}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXAn OrthoChristian.com report on Patriarch Kirill of Moscow's address to the Romanian Orthodox Church's Holy Synod on October 30, 2017, in which he stated that the Russian Orthodox Church numbers 180 million faithful throughout the world, alongside 36,000 churches, 1,000 monasteries and 56 seminaries, and that about 75 percent of Russians consider themselves Orthodox.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (11 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested2A Russian Orthodox Church-affiliated news outlet reporting Patriarch Kirill's own words verbatim at a named, dated public event (a solemn session of the Romanian Orthodox Church's Holy Synod, October 30, 2017); reliable for what the Patriarch said, which is itself the fact recorded here, a church leader's own claimed figure rather than an independently verified count.CitationPublisherWell-attestedOrthoChristian.comPublication YearWell-attested2017URLWell-attestedhttps://orthochristian.com/107637.htmlSource TypeWell-attestednewsCross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithRussian Orthodox Church, Denominations Well-attested This source names Russian Orthodox Church directly: "30, 2017, in which he stated that the Russian Orthodox Church numbers 180 million faithful throughout the world, alongside 36,000 churches, 1,000 monasteries and 56 seminaries, and that about 75..."Source Russian Church Has 180 Million Faithful; 36,000 Churches; 1,000 Monasteries; 56 Seminaries, Says Patriarch Kirilltier 2Claims Backed By This Source (11 claims)This source backs 11 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSources, 7 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds.Denominations, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.Well-attested9DenominationsRussian Orthodox ChurchSourcesRussian Church Has 180 Million Faithful; 36,000 Churches; 1,000 Monasteries; 56 Seminaries, Says Patriarch KirillHolds1SourcesRussian Church Has 180 Million Faithful; 36,000 Churches; 1,000 Monasteries; 56 Seminaries, Says Patriarch KirillGeneral References1DenominationsRussian Orthodox ChurchComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year