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name=Orthodox Church of Moldova|
jurisdiction=[[Church of Russia|Russia]] |
type=Semi-autonomousAutonomous|founded=14011373|
bishop=[[Vladimir (Cantarean) of Chisinau|Vladimir (Cantarean)]]|
see=Chişinău|
Biserica Ortodoxă din Moldova) is an autonomous entity of the [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox Church]] with canonical jurisdiction in Moldova, including the disputed region of Transdniestria.
It should not be confused with the Metropolis of Bessarabia, an autonomous part of the [[Church of Romania|Romanian Orthodox Church]] with jurisdiction in Moldova, Ukraine, and parts of Russia. The Russian Orthodox Church considers and the Moldovan Orthodox Church consider the Metropolis of Bessarabia as an uncanonical entity.
Moldova has a total population of 3,388,000, 76.1% of whom identify themselves as Moldovans (national census of 2004). A census in the early 1990s showed 90% of the citizens of Moldova marked themselves as Orthodox Christian.
