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As of 2016, Protestants make up 2.2% of the population of Ukraine, with a strong concentration in western Ukraine (5.3%). In the country there are communities of '''Evangelicalism, Baptists, Charismatic Christianity, as well as Methodists, Mennonites, Lutherans, Presbyterians''', and others. There is also a '''Sub-Carpathian Reformed Church''' with about 140,000 members, which is one of the earliest Protestant communities in the country. The '''Embassy of God of Sunday Adelaja''' maintains a significant presence throughout the country, as do other neopentecostal groups.
As of 2016, Protestants make up 2.2% of the population of Ukraine, with a strong concentration in western Ukraine (5.3%). In the country there are communities of '''Evangelicalism, Baptists, Charismatic Christianity, as well as Methodists, Mennonites, Lutherans, Presbyterians''', and others. There is also a '''Sub-Carpathian Reformed Church''' with about 140,000 members, which is one of the earliest Protestant communities in the country. The '''Embassy of God of Sunday Adelaja''' maintains a significant presence throughout the country, as do other neopentecostal groups.


As of 2016, there are 2,973 Evangelical churches, 2,853 churches of the '''Baptists''', 1,082 '''Seventh-day Adventist''' churches, 128 '''Calvinist''' churches, 79 '''Lutheran''' churches, 1,337 churches of '''Charismatic Christianity''', and 1,347 other organizations belonging to the Protestant spectrum (including 928 '''Jehovah's Witnesses''' halls and 44 '''Mormon [Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints congregations]. In total, as of 2016 there are 9,799 registered Protestant groups in Ukraine.<ref> Wikipedia contributors, "Religion in Ukraine", in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Ukraine, accessed 20 April 2020. </ref><br>
As of 2016, there are 2,973 Evangelical churches, 2,853 churches of the '''Baptists''', 1,082 '''Seventh-day Adventist''' churches, 128 '''Calvinist''' churches, 79 '''Lutheran''' churches, 1,337 churches of '''Charismatic Christianity''', and 1,347 other organizations belonging to the Protestant spectrum (including 928 '''Jehovah's Witnesses''' halls and 44 '''Mormon [Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints congregations]. In total, as of 2016 there are 9,799 registered Protestant groups in Ukraine.<ref> Wikipedia contributors, "Religion in Ukraine", in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Ukraine, accessed 20 April 2020. </ref>'''
 
 
=====Central Archive of Historical Records in Warsaw(AGAD)=====
This archive has records from towns in the eastern areas of Poland that became part of Ukraine after WWII and from Volhynia. Many of the images available here complement collections available on films through FamilySearch.
 
Instructions:
*On the home page http://www.agad.gov.pl/inwentarze/testy.html click on the collection of interest
*On the left, click on “inwentarz” (inventory). In some collections, this is subdivided by districts etc.
*A list of records, arranged alphabetically by locality, then record type, then time period, comes up.
*You can also check the list of places by clicking on “Haslo”. Search or scroll down the list. If you find your place, go to the bottom to see available records.
*If scans are available, the entry contains this hyperlink: “galleria ze skanami”.
*This brings up the first page of thumbnail images.
*The number of available pages is listed on the bottom, i.e. “strona 1 z 5” = “page 1 of 5”
*Double-click on a thumbnail to bring up the page.
*Use left-right arrows on the bottom to bring up the previous/ next page.
*Click on the house (top center) to get back to the first thumbnail page.
* To save the scan, right click on the image and choose option:”save picture as”.
Collections include:
*[http://www.agad.gov.pl/inwentarze/KEAH299xx.xml Księgi metrykalne gmin ewangelicko-augsburskiego i helweckiego wyznania, 1764-1939], Lutheran and Reformed records – divided by church district. HINT: Town genealogies exist for many of these parishes, available for purchase on CD-Rom, or accessible on the Family History Library Computers (Search the Catalog for “Galiziendeitsche Familienbücher” – CD-Rom no. 6850. See also [http://www.galiziengermandescendants.org/ Galizien German Descendants].
 
*[http://www.agad.gov.pl/inwentarze/Mojz300x.xml Księgi metrykalne gmin wyznania mojżeszowego z terenów tzw. zabużańskich, 1789-1943], Jewish records from areas East of the Bug river.
 
*[http://www.agad.gov.pl/inwentarze/KLwo301new.xml Księgi metrykalne parafii wyznania rzymskokatolickiego z archidiecezji lwowskiej, 1604-1945], Roman Catholic records from Lviv Diocese.
 
*[http://www.agad.gov.pl/inwentarze/Kprx302.xml Księgi metrykalne i akta parafii prawosławnych z terenów Wołynia i Polesia, 1823-1909, 1929-1939], Orthodox records Polesia (a region) and Volhynia.
 
*[http://www.agad.gov.pl/inwentarze/KMluck436x.xml Księgi metrykalne parafii wyznania rzymskokatolickiego z diecezji łuckiej i wileńskiej, 1799-1905], Roman Catholic records form the dioceses of Lutzk and Vilnius.
 
*[http://www.agad.gov.pl/inwentarze/Kprze437x.xml Księgi metrykalne parafii wyznania rzymskokatolickiego z diecezji przemyskiej, 1590, 1600-1943], Roman Catholic records from Przemysl Diocese
 
*[http://www.agad.gov.pl/inwentarze/KsEA439x.xml Księgi metrykalne gmin wyznania ewangelicko-augsburskiego z zachodnich guberni Cesarstwa Rosyjskiego/(wschodnich woj. II Rzeczypospolitej], 1790-1940, Lutheran records from the Western provinces of the Russian Empire (mostly Volhynia).
 
*[http://www.agad.gov.pl/inwentarze/KsOMB456x.xml Księgi metrykalne i akta parafii i gmin różnych wyznań i obrządków (Ormianie, Autokefaliczna Cerkiew Prawosławna, Baptyści, Mennonici, Ewangeliczni Chrześcijanie)z terenów tzw. zabużańskich, 1685-1942], church records from other denominations, including Mennonites, Baptists, Evangelical Christians etc… from areas east of the Bug river–a relatively small collection, but much of it hasn’t been filmed.
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==Availability of Records==
==Availability of Records==
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