Eastern Orthodoxy in France
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[edit]
Canonical churches[edit]
With a local bishop[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Bulgarian Orthodox Diocese of Western and Central Europe (Bulgarian Orthodox Church)
Non-canonical churches[edit]
With bishop or archbishop[edit]
People[edit]
Current hierarchs[edit]
- Emmanuel (Adamakis) of France
- Gabriel (de Vylder) of Komana
- Luka (Kovacevic) of France and Western Europe
Other major figures[edit]
Organizations and institutions[edit]
Seminary[edit]
Monasteries[edit]
- Orthodox Monastery of the Veil of Our Lady (Bussy-en-Othe, France)
Pan-jurisdictional[edit]
See also[edit]
Literature[edit]
- Kiminas, Demetrius (2009). The Ecumenical Patriarchate: A History of Its Metropolitanates with Annotated Hierarch Catalogs. Wildside Press LLC. ISBN 9781434458766.
