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==Organization==
Lunarism is organized in a hierarchical structure. The lowest level of organization, which is the head of an individual Lunarist church, the priest (священник, ''svyashchennik''), and its attendees constitute a parish (приход, ''prihod''). The parishes of a geographical region then make up an {{Wp|eparchy}} who are led by a bishop (епископ, ''yepiskop''). Bishops and priests are assisted by deacons (Диаконы, ''Diakony'') in a variety of ministerial and administrative roles. There are 176 Lunarist eparchies worldwide (December 2019). Smaller eparchies may be ruled by only one bishop, while larger eparchies may be ruled by an archbishop (архиепископ, ''arkhiyepiskop'') or have several bishops assigned to it.
The highest level of local authority within Lunarism are the Lunar Councils (Лунный совет, ''Lunnyy sovet''), which comprise of the bishops of the eparchies as well as representatives from the local clergy and laypersons. The Council of Bishops (Собор епископов, ''Sobor yepiskopov'') comprise of the bishops of the eparchies who meet in [[Volkgoroda]] and act as the highest authority in the hierarchical control of the Lunarist Church. The Council of Bishops in turn elect the Council of Five (Совет пяти, ''Sovet pyati''), who serves as the supreme administrative governing body of the Lunarist Church in between meetings of the Council of Bishops. The Council of Five also have permanent seats on the Council of Bishops, but are not allowed to vote in Council of Five elections. The Council of Five serves for life and is chaired by the [[High Elder of the Lunarist Church|High Elder]], who is also elected by the Council of Bishops.
The High Elder is the head of the Lunarist Church worldwide and enjoys extensive administrative powers. The High Elder holds canonical jurisdiction over the eparchies of Lunarism, though they do not have single-handed authority over matters pertaining to faith or issues concerning the entirety of the Lunarist Church.
=== Parishes, eparchies, organizations, and institutes ===
=== Membership ===
Lunarism is the largest of the lupine religions with a membership totaling approximately 80 million followers worldwide. Volkia has the highest number of followers with 62,069,291 in 2012.
Lunarist ministers include ordained clergy, lay ministers, and missionaries. At the end of 2018, there were 136,879 ordained clergy including 652 bishops, 90,641 priests, and 45,586 deacons. Non-ordained ministers include 55,715 lay missionaries and 19,026 lay ministers.
==Doctrine==
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