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__NOTOC__ Eastern Orthodoxy in France is the totality of all
Eastern Orthodox church The Eastern Orthodox Church, also called the Orthodox Church, is the second-largest Christian church, with approximately 220 million baptized members. It operates as a communion of autocephalous churches, each governed by its bishops vi ...
es in
France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...
.


Jurisdictions


Canonical churches


With a local bishop

* Antiochian Orthodox Metropolis of Western and Central Europe (
Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch ( el, Ελληνορθόδοξο Πατριαρχείο Αντιοχείας), also known as the Antiochian Orthodox Church and legally as the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East ( ar ...
) *
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Eparchy of Saint Nino in Paris (Assembly of Orthodox Bishops of France and Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople) *
Greek Orthodox Metropolis of France The Metropolis of France, or the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of France (french: Métropole grecque orthodoxe de France, el, Μητρόπολη Γαλλίας, translit=Mitropoli Gallias), is a diocese of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinopl ...
(under the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople) * Patriarchal Exarchate for Orthodox Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe (
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) * Romanian Orthodox Metropolitanate of Western and Southern Europe (
Romanian Orthodox Church The Romanian Orthodox Church (ROC; ro, Biserica Ortodoxă Română, ), or Patriarchate of Romania, is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church in full communion with other Eastern Orthodox Christian churches, and one of the nine patriarchates ...
) * Russian Orthodox Diocese of Chersonese (Korsoun) (
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Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Western Europe The Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Western Europe ( sr, Српска православна епархија западноевропска / Srpska pravoslavna eparhija zapadnoevropska, french: Diocèse d'Europe occidentale) is a Serbian Orthodox Chu ...
( Serbian Orthodox Church) *
Diocese of Great Britain and Western Europe In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...
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ROCOR The Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (russian: Ру́сская Правосла́вная Це́рковь Заграни́цей, lit=Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, translit=Russkaya Pravoslavnaya Tserkov' Zagranitsey), also called Ru ...
)


Without a local bishop

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


Non-canonical churches


With bishop or archbishop

*
Communion of Western Orthodox Churches The Communion of Western Orthodox Churches (CWOC; french: Communion des Églises orthodoxes occidentales, CEOO) is a communion of Christian churches. Overview The communion currently comprises three member churches: * The Celtic Orthodox ...
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French Orthodox Church The French Orthodox Church (FOC; french: Église orthodoxe française, EOF) is a self-governing Communion of the Western Orthodox Churches, Western Orthodox church formed in 1975. The church's current first hierarch is Bishop Martin (Laplaud), t ...
**
Orthodox Church of the Gauls The Orthodox Church of the Gauls (OCG; french: Église Orthodoxe des Gaules, EOG) is a self-governing Christian church formed in 2006. The primate of the is Bishop Gregory (Mendez), the Bishop of Arles and the abbot of the Monastery of St Mich ...
** Orthodox Church of France


People


Current hierarchs

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Emmanuel (Adamakis) of France Immanuel ( he, עִמָּנוּאֵל, 'Īmmānū'ēl, meaning, "God is with us"; also romanized: , ; and or in Koine Greek of the New Testament) is a Hebrew name that appears in the Book of Isaiah (7:14) as a sign that God will protect the H ...
*
Gabriel (de Vylder) of Komana Gabriel of Komana (born Guido de Vylder, June 13, 1946 – October 26, 2013) was an Eastern Orthodox archbishop of the Ecumenical Patriarchate who led the Patriarchal Exarchate for Orthodox Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe from ...
*
Luka (Kovacevic) of France and Western Europe Luka may refer to: People * Luka (given name), a South Slavic masculine given name cognate of Luke, and a Japanese given name * Luka (singer), stage name of Brazilian singer and songwriter Luciana Karina Santos de Lima (born 1979) * Luka Keʻelik ...


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

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Religion in France Religion in France is diverse, with Christianity being the most widely professed faith. France can attribute its diversity to the country's adherence to secularism, freedom of religion and freedom of thought, as guaranteed by the 1789 Declaratio ...


Sources


OrthodoxWiki:Orthodoxy in France


Literature

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External links


Assembly of Orthodox Bishops of France, Official Website

Greek Orthodox Metropolis of France, Official Website

Patriarchal Exarchate for Orthodox Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe, Official Website

Russian Orthodox Diocese of Chersonese, Official Website

Romanian Orthodox Metropolitanate of Western and Southern Europe, Official Website

Serbian Orthodox Diocese of France and Western Europe, Official Website

Bulgarian Orthodox Diocese of Western and Central Europe, Official Website
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