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=== Religion === {{main|Religion in Ukraine}} [[File:80-391-0151 Kyiv St.Sophia's Cathedral RB 18 2 (cropped).jpg|thumb|The [[Saint Sophia's Cathedral, Kyiv|Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv]], a [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/527 |title=Kyiv Saint Sophia Cathedral |access-date=8 July 2008 |website=United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ([[UNESCO]]) |publisher=UN}}</ref> is one of the main Christian cathedrals in Ukraine]] Ukraine has the world's [[Eastern Orthodoxy by country|second-largest Eastern Orthodox population]], after Russia.<ref>{{cite web |title=Religious Belief and National Belonging in Central and Eastern Europe |url=http://www.pewforum.org/2017/05/10/religious-belief-and-national-belonging-in-central-and-eastern-europe/ |website=Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project |date=10 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Orthodox Christianity in the 21st Century |url=https://www.pewforum.org/2017/11/08/orthodox-christianity-in-the-21st-century/ |website=Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project |date=10 November 2017}}</ref> A 2021 survey conducted by the [[Kyiv International Institute of Sociology]] (KIIS) found that 82% of Ukrainians declared themselves to be religious, while 7% were [[atheists]], and a further 11% found it difficult to answer the question.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kiis.com.ua/?lang=ukr&cat=reports&id=1052&page=1 |title=Press releases and reports – Religious self-identification of the population and attitude to the main Churches of Ukraine: June 2021 (kiis.com.ua)}}</ref> The level of religiosity in Ukraine was reported to be the highest in [[Western Ukraine]] (91%), and the lowest in the [[Donbas]] (57%) and [[Eastern Ukraine]] (56%).<ref name="Razumkov2016Page27">{{citation |date=26 May 2016 |url=http://old.razumkov.org.ua/upload/Religiya_200516_A4.compressed.pdf |pages=22, 27 |trans-title=Religion, Church, Society and State: Two Years after Maidan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422181327/http://old.razumkov.org.ua/upload/Religiya_200516_A4.compressed.pdf |place=Kyiv |publisher=[[Razumkov Center]] in collaboration with the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches |language=uk |access-date=7 January 2019 |archive-date=22 April 2017 |script-title=uk:Релігія, Церква, суспільство і держава: два роки після Майдану |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2019, 82% of Ukrainians were Christians; out of which 72.7% declared themselves to be [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox]], 8.8% [[Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church|Ukrainian Greek Catholics]], 2.3% [[Protestantism|Protestants]] and 0.9% [[Latin Church|Latin Church Catholics]]. Other [[Christian]]s comprised 2.3%. [[Judaism]], [[Islam]], and [[Hinduism]] were the religions of 0.2% of the population each. According to the KIIS study, roughly 58.3% of the Ukrainian Orthodox population were members of the [[Orthodox Church of Ukraine]], and 25.4% were members of the [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://socis.kiev.ua/ua/2019-01/ |title=ПРЕС-РЕЛІЗ ЗА РЕЗУЛЬТАТАМИ СОЦІОЛОГІЧНОГО ДОСЛІДЖЕННЯ «УКРАЇНА НАПЕРЕДОДНІ ПРЕЗИДЕНТСЬКИХ ВИБОРІВ 2019» |work=socis.kiev.ua |access-date=22 August 2021 |language=uk}}</ref> [[Protestants in Ukraine|Protestants]] are a growing community in Ukraine, who made up 1.9% of the population in 2016,<ref name="Razumkov2016Page29">{{citation |date=26 May 2016 |url=http://old.razumkov.org.ua/upload/Religiya_200516_A4.compressed.pdf |pages=22, 29 |trans-title=Religion, Church, Society and State: Two Years after Maidan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422181327/http://old.razumkov.org.ua/upload/Religiya_200516_A4.compressed.pdf |place=Kyiv |publisher=[[Razumkov Center]] in collaboration with the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches (sample of 2,018 people) |language=uk |access-date=7 January 2019 |archive-date=22 April 2017 |script-title=uk:Релігія, Церква, суспільство і держава: два роки після Майдану |url-status=dead}}</ref> but rose to 2.2% of the population in 2018.
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