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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
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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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Georgian
Georgian may refer to:
Common meanings
* Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country)
** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group
** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians
**Georgian scripts, three scrip ...
Orthodox
Orthodox, Orthodoxy, or Orthodoxism may refer to:
Religion
* Orthodoxy, adherence to accepted norms, more specifically adherence to creeds, especially within Christianity and Judaism, but also less commonly in non-Abrahamic religions like Neo-pa ...
Eparchy of Saint Nino in Paris (Assembly of Orthodox Bishops of France and Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople)
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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)
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Patriarchal Exarchate for Orthodox Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe (
Russian Orthodox Church
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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 ...
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Russian Orthodox Diocese of Chersonese (Korsoun) (
Russian Orthodox Church
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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)
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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 ...
(
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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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
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Eulogius (Georgievsky) of Paris
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Jean-Nectaire (Kovalevsky) of Saint-Denis
Organizations and institutions
Seminary
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St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute (Paris, France)
Monasteries
* Orthodox Monastery of the Veil of Our Lady (
Bussy-en-Othe, France)
Pan-jurisdictional
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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 WebsiteGreek Orthodox Metropolis of France, Official WebsitePatriarchal Exarchate for Orthodox Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe, Official WebsiteRussian Orthodox Diocese of Chersonese, Official WebsiteRomanian Orthodox Metropolitanate of Western and Southern Europe, Official Website
Serbian Orthodox Diocese of France and Western Europe, Official WebsiteBulgarian Orthodox Diocese of Western and Central Europe, Official Website
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