The Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) is an Eastern Orthodox religious body in Ukraine, with 251 monasteries and convents in its various dioceses.
Autonomous Republic of Crimea[edit]
There are 22 monasteries one of them having a stauropegial status.
Dzhankoy Diocese[edit]
- Transfiguration Monastery
Feodosiya Diocese (2)[edit]
- Katerlez St. George's Convent
- Kyzyltash St. Stephen of Sourozh's Monastery
Eparchy of Kyiv (1)[edit]
- St. Paisius Velichkovsky's stauropegial Monastery
Simferopol Diocese (18)[edit]
- Annunciation male metochion
- Balaclava St. George's Monastery
- Holy Dormition and St. Anastasia's Monastery
- Holy Trinity Convent
- Inkerman St. Clement's Monastery
- Korsun Icon of the Mother of God female skete
- Mangup Mountain Annunciation Monastery
- Nativity of Christ male metochion
- Protection of the Mother of God Monastery]
- St. Anastasia the Great Martyr's male skete
- St. Lazarus of Murom's Monastery
- St. Luke the Apostle's Monastery
- St. Nicholas's Monastery
- St. Sabbas the Sanctifieds's Monastery
- St. Theodore Stratelates the Great Martyr's Monastery
- Sts. Cosma and Damian's Monastery
- Toplovskiy St. Parasceva's Convent
- Transfiguration male skete
Cherkasy Oblast[edit]
There are 11 monasteries.
Cherkasy Diocese[edit]
- Chyhyryn Holy Trinity Convent
- Krasnohirskiy Protection of the Mother of God Convent
- Lebedyn St. Nicholas's Convent
- Motronynskyi Holy Trinity Convent
- Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God Monastery
- St. Alexis the Man of God's Monastery
- St. Onuphrius's Monastery
- Transfiguration Convent
Uman Diocese[edit]
- "Hegumenness of Holy Mt. Athos" Icon of the Mother of God Convent
- St. George's Convent
- St. Panteleimon's Convent
Chernihiv Oblast[edit]
There are 12 monasteries.
Chernigiv Diocese[edit]
- Danivka St. George's Convent
- Domnytsya Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God Monastery
- Novhorod-Siverskyy Transfiguration Monastery
- St. Lawrence of Chernihiv's Convent
- Yeletskiy Holy Dormition Convent
Nizhyn Diocese[edit]
- "Healer" Icon of the Mother of God female metochion
- Annunciation Monastery
- Entry of the Mother of God Convent
- Hustynya Holy Trinity Convent
- Krupytsky St. Nicholas's Convent
- Meeting Of the Lord female metochion
- Rykhly Desert St. Nicholas's Monastery
Chernivtsi Oblast[edit]
Chernivtsi and Bukovina Diocese[edit]
- "Gorecha" Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God Monastery
- Boyany Icon of the Mother of God Convent
- Buncheny Ascension Monastery
- Entry of the Mother of God Convent
- Kolinkivtsi St. Vladimir's Monastery]
- Kulivtsi Holy Dormition Monastery
- Myrrh-bearers’ Convent
- Neporotovo St. Nicholas's Monastery
- Protection of the Mother of God Convent
- St. Anne's Convent
- St. Athanasius the Athonite's Convent
- St. John of Sochava's Convent
- St. John the Theologian's Monastery
- St. Panteleimon's male metochion
- St. Seraphim's Monastery
Dnipropetrivsk Oblast[edit]
Dnipropetrovsk Diocese[edit]
- "Holy Sign" Icon of the Mother of God Convent
- Ascension Convent
- Holy Trinity Desert Monastery
- Samara St. Nicholas's Monastery]
- Tikhvin Convent
Kamianske Diocese[edit]
- Protection of the Mother of God Convent
- St. Joseph's Convent
Eparchy of Kryvyi Rih[edit]
- Protection of the Mother of God Convent
- St. Vladimir the Priest-Martyr's Monastery
Donetsk Oblast[edit]
Donetsk Diocese[edit]
- "Joy of All Who Sorrows" Icon of the Mother of God female skete
- All Saints' male skete
- Holy Dormition female skete
- Iberian Icon of the Mother of God Convent
- Kasperivska Icon of the Mother of God Convent
- St. Basil's Monastery
- St. George's male skete
- St. John of Shanghai's male skete
- St. Nicholas's Convent
- Sts. Antony and Theodosius of the Caves' male skete
- Svyatohirsk Holy Dormition Lavra
- Turkowice Icon of the Mother of God female skete]
Horlivka Diocese[edit]
- Protection Mother of God female skete
- St. Sergius of Radonezh's Convent
- St. Stephen's Convent]
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast[edit]
Ivano-Frankivsk Diocese[edit]
- Dukonya Holy Trinity Monastery
- Protection of the Mother of God Convent
- Uhornyky St. Michael the Archangel's Monastery]
Kharkiv Oblast[edit]
Izium Diocese[edit]
- Nativity of St. John the Forerunner male skete
- Pisky Icon of the Mother of God Monastery
- Sts. Boris and Gleb's Convent
Kharkiv Diocese[edit]
- Protection of the Mother of God Monastery
- St. Michael the Archangel's Convent
Kherson Oblast[edit]
Kherson Diocese[edit]
- Annunciation Convent
- Protection of the Mother of God Monastery
- St. Nicholas's female skete
Nova Kakhovka Diocese[edit]
- Bizyukiv St. Gregory's Monastery
- Korsun Icon of the Mother of God Convent
Khmelnytskyi Oblast[edit]
Kamianets-Podilskyi Diocese[edit]
- Holy Trinity Convent
Khmelnytskyi Diocese[edit]
- "Life-Bearing Well" Icon of the Mother of God Convent
- Exaltation of Cross Monastery
- St. John the Forerunner's Monastery
- St. Michael the Archangel's female skete
- Transfiguration Convent
Shepetivka Diocese[edit]
- Horodyshche Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God Monastery
- St. Alexander Nevsky's Convent
- St. Anne's Convent
Kirovohrad Oblast[edit]
Kropyvnytskyi Diocese[edit]
- St. Elizabeth's Monastery
Oleksandriya Diocese[edit]
- Protection of the Mother of God Monastery
- Theophany Convent
Kyiv Oblast[edit]
Bila Tserkva Diocese[edit]
- Rzhyshchiv Transfiguration Monastery
- St. Barbara the Great Martyr's Convent
- St. Mary Magdalene the-Equal-to-the-Apostles' Convent
- St. Seraphim's Monastery
- Sts. Regal Martyrs' Convent
Boryspil Diocese[edit]
- "Life-Bearing Well" Icon of the Mother of God Monastery
- Ascension Monastery
- Holy Dormition Convent
- St. Michael the Archangel's Monastery
- Transfiguration Monastery
Kyiv Diocese[edit]
- "Comfort and Consolation" Icon of the Mother of God Convent
- "Kyiv Brotherhood" Icon of the Mother of God Convent
- "Listener" Icon of the Mother of God Convent
- Annunciation Monastery
- Deposition of Robe of the Mother of God in Blachernae Monastery
- Flor’s Ascension Convent
- Holosiyive Protection of the Mother of God Monastery
- Holy Trinity and St. Jonah's Monastery
- Kytayeve Holy Trinity Monastery
- Kyiv Entry of the Mother of God Monastery
- Kyiv Holy Dormition Caves Lavra
- Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God in Tserkovshchina Tract Monastery
- Protection of the Mother of God Convent
- St. Alexander of Rome the Martyr's male skete
- St. Cyril's Monastery
- St. Michael's stauropegial male metochion
- St. Nicholas's female skete
- St. Olga the-Equal-to-the-Apostles' Convent
- St. Panteleimon's Convent
- Tikhvin St. Nicholas's Convent
- Tithe Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God Monastery
- Transfiguration Monastery
- Transfiguration Convent
- Ven. Anastasia of Kyiv's Convent
- Zvirynets St. Michael the Archangel's Monastery
Luhansk Oblast[edit]
Donetsk Diocese[edit]
- St. Theodosius of Chernihiv's male skete
Luhansk Diocese[edit]
- Ascension Monastery
- Iberian Icon of the Mother of God female community]
- Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God Conven
- St. John the Forerunner's Monastery
- St. Olga the Regal Martyr's Convent
Rovenky Diocese[edit]
- St. Andrew's Monastery
Severodonetsk Diocese[edit]
- St. Elijah's Monastery
- St. Sergius of Radonezh's Monastery
- Starobilsk "Joy of All Who Sorrows" Icon of the Mother of God Convent
Lviv Oblast[edit]
Lviv Diocese[edit]
- St. Onuphrius's Monastery]
- Transfiguration Convent
Mykolayiv Oblast[edit]
Mykolaiv Diocese[edit]
- Pelahiyivka St. Michael the Archangel's Convent
- Sts. Constantine and Helen's Monastery
Odesa Oblast[edit]
Balta Diocese[edit]
- "Joy of All Who Sorrows" Icon of the Mother of God Convent
- Protection of the Mother of God and Balta St. Theodosius Monastery
Odesa Diocese[edit]
- "Pantanassa" Icon of the Mother of God male skete
- Ascension female skete
- Borysivka Transfiguration Convent
- Iberian Icon of the Mother of God Monastery
- Nativity of Christ male skete
- Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God Convent
- Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God female skete
- Odesa Holy Dormition Monastery
- Protection of the Mother of God male skete
- St. Elijah's Monastery
- St. John the Forerunner's male skete
- St. Michael the Archangel's Convent
- St. Nicholas's Monastery
- St. Panteleimon's Monastery
- Sts. Constantine and Helen's Monastery]
- Teplodar Resurrection Convent
Poltava Oblast[edit]
Kremenchuk Diocese[edit]
- Kozelshchyna Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God Convent
- Pototsky Sts. Antony and Theodosius's Monastery
Poltava Diocese[edit]
- Holy Cross Exaltation Monastery
- Mhar Transfiguration Monastery
- Velyki Budyshcha Holy Trinity Convent
Rivne Oblast[edit]
Moscow Diocese[edit]
- Korets Holy Trinity Stauropegial Convent
Rivne Diocese[edit]
- Annunciation Convent
- Ascension female skete
- Derman Holy Trinity Convent
- Horodok St. Nicholas's Convent
- Hoshcha Protection of the Mother of God Convent
- Holy Dormition Monastery
- Iberian Icon of the Mother of God Convent]
- Mezhyrich Holy Trinity Monastery
- Myrrh-bearers’ female skete
- Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God Convent
- St. Anne's female skete
- St. Barbara the Great Martyr's male skete
- St. George's female metochion
- The Synaxis of Twelve Apostles female skete
Sarny Diocese[edit]
- "Life-Bearing Well" Icon of the Mother of God Monastery
- Iberian Icon of the Mother of God Convent
- Protection of the Mother of God Monastery]
- Protection of the Mother of God Monastery
- Volyn Icon of the Mother of God Convent]
Sumy Oblast[edit]
Kyiv Diocese[edit]
Konotop Diocese[edit]
- Molchansky Caves Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God Convent
- Sofronievo-Molchansky Nativity of the Mother of God Monastery
- St. Charalampias the Priest-Martyr's Convent
- St. Nicholas's female metochion
Sumy Diocese[edit]
- Okhtyrka Holy Trinity Monastery
Ternopil Oblast[edit]
Kyiv Diocese[edit]
Ternopil Diocese[edit]
- Kremenets Theophany Convent
- Pochayiv Holy Spirit Monastery
- Zahaytsi St. John the Almoner's Monastery
Vinnytsia Oblast[edit]
Kyiv Diocese[edit]
- Holy Trinity Stauropegial Convent
- Pochayiv Icon of the Mother of God stauropegial female skete
Mohyliv-Podilskyi Diocese[edit]
- Beheading of St. John 's Monastery
- St. Nicholas's Monastery
- Transfiguration Monastery
- Holy Dormition Monastery
- St. Michael the Archangel's Convent
- Bar Icon of the Mother of God Convent
- Brayiliv Holy Trinity Convent
- Lemeshivka St. John the Theologian's Monastery
Volyn Oblast[edit]
Kyiv Diocese (2)[edit]
- St. Alexander Nevsky's stauropegial Convent
- Zymne Svytohirsky Holy Dormition stauropegial Convent
Volodymyr-Volynsk Diocese[edit]
- Myltsi St. Nicholas's Monastery
- Nyzkynychi Holy Dormition Monastery
- St. John the Forerunner's male skete
- Svityaz Sts. Peter and Paul's Monastery
Volyn Diocese[edit]
- Exaltation of Cross Monastery
- Mikhnivka Meeting of the Lord Convent
- Starosilye Holy Trinity Convent
Zakarpattia Oblast[edit]
Khust Diocese[edit]
- "Unexpected Joy" Icon of the Mother of God Monastery
- Ascension Convent
- Holy Trinity Convent
- Holy Trinity Monastery
- Hrusheve St. Michael the Archangel's Monastery
- Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God Convent
- Protection of the Mother of God male skete]
- St. Elijah's Monastery
- St. Elijah's male skete
- St. George's Monastery
- St. John the Forerunner's Monastery (Bedevlya)
- St. John the Forerunner's Monastery (Roztoky)
- St. John the Theologian's Convent
- St. Michael the Archangel's Convent
- St. Nicholas's Monastery
- St. Panteleimon's Monastery
- St. Panteleimon's female skete
- St. Seraphim's Convent
- St. Sergius of Radonezh's Convent
- St. Simeon's Monastery
- St. Stephen's Monastery
- Transfiguration Monastery
- Uhlya Holy Dormition Convent
Mukachevo Diocese[edit]
- Entry of the Mother of God Convent
- Holy Dormition Convent
- Holy Dormition Monastery
- Kazan Icon of the Mother of God Monastery
- Krasnohirskiy All Saints' Monastery
- Mukachevo St. Nicholas's Convent
- Pochayiv Icon of the Mother of God Monastery
- Protection of the Mother of God Monastery
- Protection of the Mother of God male skete
- Protection of the Mother of God Monastery
- Resurrection Monastery
- St. George's Monastery]
- St. John the Forerunner's Convent
- St. John the Theologian's Monastery
- St. Mary Magdalene the-Equal-to-the-Apostles's Convent
- St. Panteleimon's Monastery
- St. Seraphim's Convent
- St. Vladimir the-Equal-to-the-Apostles' Monastery
- Sts. Cyril and Methodius's Convent
Zaporizhzhia Oblast[edit]
Berdyansk Diocese[edit]
- Holy Dormition Convent
- St. Ambrose of Optina's Monastery
- St. Michael the Archangel's Convent
- St. Seraphim's Convent
Zaporizhzhia Diocese[edit]
- St. Elizabeth's Convent
- St. John the Theologian's Convent
- St. Nicholas's Convent
- St. Sabbas the Sanctified's Monastery
- Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God female skete
Zhytomyr Oblast[edit]
Kyiv Diocese[edit]
- "Assuage My Sorrows" Icon of the Mother of God stauropegial Convent
- Athos Icon of the Mother of God stauropegial Convent
- Horodnytsya St. George's stauropegial Monastery
- Iberian Icon of the Mother of God stauropegial female skete]
- St. John the Russian's stauropegial male metochion
- St. Silvanus the Athonite's stauropegial male skete
- Zhytomyr St. Anastasia of Rome's stauropegial Convent
Ovruch Diocese[edit]
- Kazan Icon of the Mother of God Monastery
- St. Basil's Convent
Zhytomyr Diocese[edit]
- Chervone Nativity of Christ Convent
- Holy Mandylion Protection Convent
- Tryhirya Transfiguration Monastery
Sub-list of stauropegial monasteries[edit]
- Korets Holy Trinity Stauropegial Convent, belongs directly to the Russian Orthodox Church
- St. Paisius Velichkovsky's stauropegial Monastery (Autonomous Republic of Crimea)
- Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God Glinskaya Pustyn stauropegial Monastery (Sumy Oblast)
- Pochayiv Holy Dormition Lavra (Ternopil Oblast)
- Holy Trinity Stauropegial Convent (Vinnytsia Oblast)
- Pochayiv Icon of the Mother of God stauropegial female skete (Vinnytsia Oblast)
- St. Alexander Nevsky's stauropegial Convent (Volyn Oblast)
- Zymne Svytohirsky Holy Dormition stauropegial Convent (Volyn Oblast)
- "Assuage My Sorrows" Icon of the Mother of God stauropegial Convent (Zhytomyr Oblast)
- Athos Icon of the Mother of God stauropegial Convent (Zhytomyr Oblast)
- Horodnytsya St. George's stauropegial Monastery (Zhytomyr Oblast)
- Iberian Icon of the Mother of God stauropegial female skete] (Zhytomyr Oblast)
- St. John the Russian's stauropegial male metochion (Zhytomyr Oblast)
- St. Silvanus the Athonite's stauropegial male skete (Zhytomyr Oblast)
- Zhytomyr St. Anastasia of Rome's stauropegial Convent (Zhytomyr Oblast)
Statistics[edit]
Monasteries by oblast[edit]
- Zakarpattia Oblast – 42
- Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast – 25
- Autonomous Republic of Crimea – 22
- Rivne Oblast – 20
- Odesa Oblast – 18
- Chernivtsi Oblast – 15
- Donetsk Oblast – 15
- Chernihiv Oblast – 12
- Zhytomyr Oblast – 12
- Cherkasy Oblast – 11
- Luhansk Oblast – 10
- Vinnytsia Oblast – 10
- Dnipropetrovsk Oblast – 9
- Khmelnytskyi Oblast – 9
- Volyn Oblast – 9
- Zaporizhia Oblast – 9
- Sumy Oblast – 6
- Kharkiv Oblast – 5
- Kherson Oblast – 5
- Poltava Oblast – 5
- Ternopil Oblast – 4
- Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast – 3
- Kirovohrad Oblast – 3
- Lviv Oblast – 2
- Mykolaiv Oblast – 2
Monasteries by eparchy (diocese)[edit]
- Kyiv – 39 (Kyiv–25, ARC–1, Sumy–1, Ternopil–1, Vinnytsia–2, Volyn–2, Zhytomyr–7)
- Khust – 23 (Zakarpattia)
- Mukachevo – 19 (Zakarpattia)
- Simferopol – 18 (ARC)
- Odesa – 16 (Odesa)
- Bukovina – 15 (Chernivtsi)
- Rivne – 14 (Rivne)
- Donetsk – 13 (Donetsk–12, Luhansk–1)
- Cherkasy – 8 (Cherkasy)
- Mohyliv-Podilskyi – 8 (Vinnytsia)
- Nizhyn – 7 (Chernihiv)
- Chernihiv – 5 (Chernihiv)
- Dnipro – 5 (Dnipropetrovsk)
- Khmelnytskyi – 5 (Khmelnytskyi)
- Bila Tserkva – 5 (Kyiv)
- Boryspil – 5 (Kyiv)
- Luhansk – 5 (Luhansk)
- Sarny – 5 (Rivne)
- Zaporizhia – 5 (Zaporizhia)
- Konotop – 4 (Sumy)
- Volodymyr-Volynskyi – 4 (Volyn)
- Berdiansk – 4 (Zaporizhia)
- Uman – 3 (Cherkasy)
- Horlivka – 3 (Donetsk)
- Ivano-Frankivsk – 3 (Ivano-Frankivsk)
- Izium – 3 (Kharkiv)
- Kherson – 3 (Kherson)
- Shepetivka – 3 (Khmelnytskyi)
- Severodonetsk – 3 (Luhansk)
- Poltava – 3 (Poltava)
- Ternopil – 3 (Ternopil)
- Volyn – 3 (Volyn)
- Zhytomyr – 3 (Zhytomyr)
- Feodosiya – 2 (ARC)
- Kamianske – 2 (Dnipropetrovsk)
- Kryvyi Rih – 2 (Dnipropetrovsk)
- Kharkiv – 2 (Kharkiv)
- Nova Kakhovka – 2 (Kherson)
- Oleksandriya – 2 (Kirovohrad)
- Lviv – 2 (Lviv)
- Mykolaiv – 2 (Mykolaiv)
- Balta – 2 (Odesa)
- Kremenchuk – 2 (Poltava)
- Ovruch – 2 (Zhytomyr)
- Dzhankoy – 1 (ARC)
- Kamianets-Podilskyi – 1 (Khmelnytskyi)
- Kropyvnytskyi – 1 (Kirovohrad)
- Rovenky – 1 (Luhansk)
- Sumy – 1 (Sumy)
- Moscow – 1 (Russian Orthodox Church)