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

• Communion of Western Orthodox Churches
  • French Orthodox Church
  • 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

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

References