Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the U.S.A.

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  1990* 2000 Growth/Decline
Congregations n.a. 32 --
Adherents n.a. -- --


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Year Clergy Congregations Members
1972 53 41 50,000
1973 59 41 51,000
1974 60 41 51,500
1975 60 41 51,500
1985 45 38 9,780
2000 48 32 -
2006 63 31 17,000
2008 63 31 7,000

Notes

Snapshot

Data are from Churches and Church Membership in the United States 1990 and Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Copyright © 2002, Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB). All rights reserved. Published by Glenmary Research Center, 1312 Fifth Ave., North, Nashville, TN 37208. www.glenmary.org.

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Data were taken from the National Council of Churches' Historic Archive CD and recent editions of the Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches. Denomination descriptions provided by Dr. J. Gordon Melton, Director, Institute for the Study of American Religion (ISAR). [More information on data sources]