Eastern Orthodoxy in France explained

Eastern Orthodoxy in France is the totality of all Eastern Orthodox churches in France.

According to a 2020 survey, Eastern Orthodox Christians made up 1% of the French population.^[1]

Jurisdictions

Canonical churches

With a local bishop

• Antiochian Orthodox Metropolis of Western and Central Europe (Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch)
• Georgian Orthodox Eparchy of Saint Nino in Paris (Assembly of Orthodox Bishops of France and Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople)
• Greek Orthodox Metropolis of France (under the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople)
• Patriarchal Exarchate for Orthodox Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe (Russian Orthodox Church)
• Romanian Orthodox Metropolitanate of Western and Southern Europe (Romanian Orthodox Church)
• Russian Orthodox Diocese of Chersonese (Korsoun) (Russian Orthodox Church)
• Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Western Europe (Serbian Orthodox Church)
• Diocese of Great Britain and Western Europe (ROCOR)

Without a local bishop

• Bulgarian Orthodox Diocese of Western and Central Europe (Bulgarian Orthodox Church)

Non-canonical churches

With bishop or archbishop

• • Orthodox Church of the Gauls
  • Orthodox Church of France

People

Current hierarchs

• Emmanuel (Adamakis) of France
• Gabriel (de Vylder) of Komana
• Luka (Kovacevic) of France and Western Europe

Other major figures

• Eulogius (Georgievsky) of Paris
• Jean-Nectaire (Kovalevsky) of Saint-Denis

Organizations and institutions

Seminary

• St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute (Paris, France)

Monasteries

• Orthodox Monastery of the Veil of Our Lady (Bussy-en-Othe, France)

Pan-jurisdictional

• Assembly of Orthodox Bishops of France

See also

• Religion in France
• Christianity in France

Literature

• Book: Kiminas, Demetrius. The Ecumenical Patriarchate: A History of Its Metropolitanates with Annotated Hierarch Catalogs. 2009. Wildside Press LLC. 9781434458766.

Notes and References

1. Web site: France . 2023-09-28 . United States Department of State . en-US.