 In 1992 construction or restoration of 221 churches was underway, but clergy remained in short supply.As of 2004, Christian Orthodox constitute the vast majority of the population in all districts of Moldova.In the interwar period, the vast majority of ethnic Moldovans belonged to the Romanian Orthodox Church (Bucharest Patriarchate), but today both Romanian and Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) have jurisdiction in Moldova, with the latter having more parishes.