The Parish of Saint Nino in Paris is an Eastern Orthodox parish under the

Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople ( el, Οἰκουμενικὸν Πατριαρχεῖον Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, translit=Oikoumenikón Patriarkhíon Konstantinoupóleos, ; la, Patriarchatus Oecumenicus Constanti ...

that comprises orthodox Christians of Georgian descent. It has been part of the

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 ...

since 1977. The parish is named after

Saint Nino Saint Nino ( ka, წმინდა ნინო, tr; hy, Սուրբ Նունե, Surb Nune; el, Αγία Νίνα, Agía Nína; sometimes ''St. Nune'' or ''St. Ninny'') ''Equal to the Apostles and the Enlightener of Georgia'' (c. 296 – c. 33 ...

. It was founded in 1929 by

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 ...

refugees after the

Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and, after ...

invaded their country. The Georgian Orthodox Parish of Saint Nino in Paris, France, has relationship with Orthodox Church of Georgia but hierarchically depends on Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople according to canon law.

History

* 1922 : one thousand Georgian people (members of Parliament, of Government and of political parties) become refugees in France * 1929 : a committee (Ilamaz Dadeshkeliani, Josef Kemularia and Levan Zurabishvili) creates the Parish after validation by French authorities and the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople : the Saint Nino Eparchy at Paris depends on Metropolis of Thyateira (based in London) * 1977 : the Saint Nino Eparchy at Paris depends on Orthodox Metropolis of France (whose hierarch also presides the ).

Archpriests of Saint Nino

* 1931-1942 :

Grigol Peradze Saint Grigol Peradze ( ka, გრიგოლ ფერაძე; 13 September 1899 – 6 December 1942) was a prominent Georgian ecclesiastic figure, philologist, theologian, historian, and professor of patristics in the interwar period. Li ...

* 1943-1949 : Nikolas Zabakhidze * 1949- 1988 :

Elie Melia Fr. Elie Melia ( ka, ილია მელია, french: Élie Mélia) (20 February 1915 – 15 March 1988) was a Georgian Orthodox priest in France and church historian. Born in Kutaisi, he fled the Soviet regime to Western Europe with his bro ...

* 1988 : Gabriel Henry * 1988-1992 : Méthode Alexiou * From 1992 : .(French) L'Archiprêtre Artchil Davrichachvili
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References

External links

(Georgian and French) Official site of Saint Nino Parish

(French) La Paroisse orthodoxe géorgienne Sainte Nino de Paris
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sainte-Nino Eastern Orthodox dioceses in France Georgian Orthodox Church Eastern Orthodox church buildings in Paris 15th arrondissement of Paris Christian organizations established in 1929 1929 establishments in France Greek Orthodox Metropolis of France