The French Orthodox Church (FOC; french: Église orthodoxe française, EOF) is a self-governing
Western Orthodox
Western Rite Orthodoxy, also called Western Orthodoxy or the Orthodox Western Rite, are congregations within the Eastern Orthodox tradition which perform their liturgy in Western forms.
Besides altered versions of the Tridentine Mass, congrega ...
church formed in 1975. The church's current first hierarch is Bishop Martin (Laplaud), the abbot of the Orthodox Monastery of St Michel du Var. The EOF has communities in France, Brazil, and the French-speaking Caribbean.
Relations with other churches
The French Orthodox Church is in full communion with the
Orthodox Church of the Gauls and the
Celtic Orthodox Church
The Celtic Orthodox Church (COC; ), also called the Holy Celtic Church, is an autocephalous Christian church founded in the 20th century in France.
Since 25 December 2007, the Celtic Orthodox Church has been in communion with the French Orthodox ...
through the
Communion of Western Orthodox Churches, since its establishment on 25 December 2007.
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Western Rite Orthodoxy
Christian denominations founded in France