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Revision as of 21:14, 1 April 2005 by 141.161.70.77 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The Polish Orthodox church is one of the independent Orthodox churches. The church was established in 1924 to accommodate Orthodox Christians in the districts of Ukraine and Belarus acquired by Poland after WW1. This was in the beginning protested against by the Patriarch of Russia. After WW2 the vast majority of these territories was returned to the Soviet Union. Only a small number of Church members remained in Polish lands. In 1948 the Church was granted a new charter of autocephaly by the Russian Patriarchate.
The church is headed by the Metropolitan of Warsaw. It is divided into five dioceses: Warsaw, Bialystok, Lódz, Wroclaw, and Gdansk. It has approximately half a million adherents.
The religion with by far the most adherents in Poland is The Roman Catholic Church.
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