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You logic is flawed Fr. Andrei
: The 60k to 100k figure comes from [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=interview&div=51 an interview with ROCOR spokesman Fr. Alexander Lebedev]. I have my doubts that he gets his jurisdiction's statistics from the OCA. —[[User:ASDamick|<font size="3.5" color="green" face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">Fr. Andrew</font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <small>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</small> 18:50, May 30, 2007 (PDT)
== You logic is flawed Fr. Andrei ==
If you use that average system, then the OCA would only have 85,000 people?? And the Antiochians only 35,000. I know of Antiochian parishes that have only 4 people. Your logic is severely flawed. The ROCOR lists "officially" 500,000 people. The Church does not list the total number of parishes in Russia and the Ukraine (This may change due to the union.) But, it is still hesitant because of Moscow's demands over these parishes which number, nearly 775. Yes, that's right, 775!!! Not all are listed. Only 20 are listed. But in truth the total number is closer to 1.35 million.
I have seen these parishes with my own eyes.
The 1.5 million is a number supplied from the Russian government itself. The Church Abroad has always kept these numbers low to protect themselves.
http://www.dioceseinfo.org/DOCUMENTS/Diocese/commission2.html
http://www.neobyzantine.org/blog/viewtopic.php?p=3793
http://templars.wordpress.com/2007/05/21/putins-reunited-russian-church/
http://action-ukraine-report.blogspot.com/2007/05/aur844-may-18-enduring-crisis-in.html
The ROCOR Church in Brooklyn was established to care for 11,000 Russians in Brooklyn who expressed interest in starting a church closer to where they live. Several thousand were present for Pascha last year.
The Cathedral in San Francisco has several thousand as well, these are two parishes (you do the math.)
