Interfax — Today the Russian Church has 30,142 parishes (in December 2008 their number equaled to 29,263), 160 dioceses (compared to 157 last year), 207 bishops (compared to 203), total number of clerics is 32,266 people (compared to 30,670 last year.)

When the 1000th anniversary of Russia’s Baptism was celebrated in 1988, the Moscow Patriarchate had 6,893 parishes, 76 dioceses, 74 hierarchs and total number of clerics made 7,397 people.