Year Membership Priests Parishes Hegumen Presbyters Total Churches Communities Total 1993 0 5 5 6* - 6* 1994 0 6 6 6* - 6* 1995 0 7 7 6* - 6* 1996 0 8 8 7* - 7* 1997 1 10 11 7* - 7* 1998 1 11 12 7* - 7* 1999 1 13 14 7* - 7* 2000 2 15 17 7* - 7* 2001 3 17 20 7* - 7* 2002 3 19 22 7* - 7* 2003 3 20 23 7* - 7* 2004 3 20 23 7* 1* 8* 2005 6 20 26 9* 1* 10* 2006 6 21 27 9* 1* 10* 2007 9 22 31 10* 1* 11* 2008 9 24 33 10* 1* 11* 2009 9 26 35 12* 1* 13* 2010 10 29 39 12* 1* 13* 2011 10 28 38 16* 1* 17* 2012 10 36 46 18* 4* 22* 2013 9 38 47 19* 4* 23* 2014 9 38 47 19* 4* 23* 2015 9 40 49 38 28 64 *Number of confirmed churches; actual number of churches in any given year could have and probably was much larger.