How many priests are there in the Russian Orthodox Church?

Patriarch Kirill presented church statistics for 2017.

November 29, 2017 in Moscow, speaking with report at the Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill presented church statistics.

According to him, in the Russian Orthodox Church as of the beginning of 2017 - 60 metropolis, 303 dioceses, 377 bishops (of which 293 are ruling), 34,774 priests (excluding supernumerary) and 4,640 deacons (excluding supernumerary), 36,878 temples or "other premises in which the Divine Liturgy is celebrated" (including parishes abroad), 462 male monasteries and 482 female monasteries.

Sources

• Report of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill at the Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church (November 29 - December 2, 2017) // Official website of the Russian Orthodox Church. November 29, 2017.