RUSSIAN RELIGIOUS LIFE IN FIGURES

Continued: confessional identity; visiting the church; recieving the Communion. gender; income; age;

official statistics of Moscow Patriarchy;

In whom we trust;

The data of the poll in December of 2000, 1800 respondents, 11 groups of population. The poll by Michail Mchedlov (old "Soviet specialist in religion", now the head of the center "Religion in modern society.") Published: NG-religiya, 10.10.2001, p.7.

New statistics of VTsIOM (Vechernyaya Moskva, 31.8.2001). 82% of Moscow inhabitans are baptized (Russia in general 75%). Non-believers: 36%. Russian Orthodox: 53% in Moscow (in Russia 50%). 50% do not attend the church at all, 2% - once per week, 7% - once per month. Never going to the communion - 62% (so, we have 12% of Russian Orthodox who never go the Communion). Once per week: 1%, per month - 3%, several times per year: 12%.