The late twentieth and the early twenty-first century has seen a considerable increase in immigration into Ireland, while a large number of migrants belong to the traditional churches that were in Ireland, a large number have come from different denominations, which has led to the development of these communities and churches to cater for them. A Russian Orthodox Church was first opened in Ireland in 1973 and a Greek Orthodox church was first established in Dublin in 1981 and a Romanian Orthodox Church in 2000. Antiochian Orthodox Church was established in 2004 in Ireland, it has three parishes, in Belfast, Dublin, and Tralee. Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church is in communion with the Roman Catholic church, using the church in Clonliffe College for its services. The Chinese Gospel Church of Ireland hosts services in Dublin, Lucan, Bray, Limerick and Drogheda. The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), an African Protestant Pentecostal evangelical church, established its first church in Ireland in 1998 in Mary's Abbey in Dublin. Also in 1998 the Cherubim and Seraphim (Nigerian church) inaugurated its first church in Ireland, today there are 7 branches of the church.
