page_title: Mykolaiv
section_title: Religion
hierarchical_section_title: Mykolaiv / Society / Religion
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Николаев. Римо-Католический Костёл Святого Иосифа English: Mykolaiv. Roman Catholic church of Saint Joseph
context_page_description: Mykolaiv, also known as Nikolaev or Nikolayev, is a city in southern Ukraine, the administrative center of the Mykolaiv Oblast. Mykolaiv is arguably the main shipbuilding center of the Black Sea. Aside from three shipyards within the city, there are a number of research centers specializing in shipbuilding such as the State Research and Design Shipbuilding Center, Zoria-Mashproekt and others. The city has a population of 494,763.
  The city is an important transportation hub of Ukraine.
  Mykolaiv's orderly layout reflects the fact that its development has been well planned from the founding of the city. Its main streets, including the three main east–west Avenues, are very wide and tree-lined. Much of Mykolaiv's land area consists of beautiful parks. Park Peremohy is a large park on the peninsula just north of the city center of Mykolaiv, on the north side of the Inhul river.
context_section_description: Mykolaiv is the headquarters of the Mykolaiv Episcopate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, which has 18 churches (temples) in the city.
  Mykolaiv is also the headquarters of the Mykolaiv Episcopate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan Patriarchate.
  A survey in June–July 2017 reported the following results for Mykolaiv:
  19% Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan Patriarchate.
  16% Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate.
  16% atheist.
  4% belong to other religions.
  44% believe in God, but do not belong to any religion.
  2% found it difficult to answer.
caption: Roman Catholic church of Saint Joseph
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