Presentation of the Archdiocese

A brief presentation of the Archdiocese of Russian Orthodox Churches in Western Europe (Exarchate of the Ecumenical Patriarch).

See also the website of the Deanery in Great Britain and Ireland


Brief history

 

Circular from the Archdiocesan Office 10 May 2013

His Eminence Metropolitan Emmanuel has been recently notified by the Secretary-General of the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the Very Rev. Archimandrite Bartholemew, that the Holy Synod has entrusted him with provisional responsibility for the Exarchate, in accordance with the request for this in the letter of 6 April following the Diocesan Assembly in Paris on 30 March 2013.
Until the election of a new Archbishop, during the celebration of divine services, in all the parishes (...)
 

Patriarchal Encyclical of His All Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew for Holy Pascha 2013

Text of the Encyclical letter of His All Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew for Holy Pascha
 

Letter to His All Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew I

Here is the text of the letter sent to His All Holineess in response to his proposition
 

Communiqué N° 04-13 of the Archdiocesan Council Meeting of 19 March 2013

The Archdiocesan Council met on the 19 March 2013, under the chairmanship of His Eminence of the Locum tenens of the Archiepiscopal throne, Metropolitan Emmanuel.
 

Communiqué on the meeting of 6 March 2013

The Archdiocesan Council met on Wednesday 6 March 2013 under the chairmanship of His Eminence the Locum tenens of the Archiepiscopal throne, Metropolitan Emmanuel.
 

Communiqué N° 03-13 of the Archdiocesan Council Meeting of 13 February 2013

The Archdiocesan Council met on the 13 February 2013, under the chairmanship of His Eminence of the Locum tenens, Metropolitan Emmanuel.
 

The Archdiocesan Council decides to convene an EGA

The Archdiocesan Council met on 24 January 2013 under the chairmanship of His Eminence the locum tenens, Metropolitan Emmanuel. Among questions discussed :
 

Visit of his Eminence Metropolitan Emmanuel to the cathedral of Alexander Nevsky in Paris

On the occasion of his visit to the Exarchate cathedral of Alexander Nevsky in Paris, his Eminence Metropolitan Emmanuel of France, locum tenens of the Archdiocesan throne, concluded his address to the faithful with the following words
 

Communiqué from the Diocesan Office, 17 January 2013

Communiqué from the Diocesan Office, 17 January 2013
 

Communiqué from the Diocesan Office

On the occasion of the official visit by His Holiness Ecumencal Partriarch Bartholomew I to France from December 10th to 12th 2012, during which he was, among others, received by the President of the Republic, M. François Hollande, the Prime Minister, M. Jean-Marc Ayrault, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, M. Laurent Fabius, and the Minister of the Interior, M. Manuel Valls, His Holiness paid a fraternal visit to Archbishop Gabriel at his episcopal seat in the rue Daru in Paris on Tuesday (...)
 

THE EASTER MESSAGE OF HIS EMINENCE ARCHBISHOP GABRIEL OF COMANE, EXARCH OF THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH

(JPEG) Greater love hath no man than this: that a man lay down his life for his friends (John 15:13)
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. (John 3:16)
 

Communiqué N° 05-11 of the Council of the Archdiocese

Meeting of 1 December 2011
 

Communiqué No. 04-11 of the Council of the Archdiocese

Meeting of September 28, 2011
 

Communiqué N° 03-11 of the Diocesan Council

Meeting on June 22nd and 23rd 2011
 

Communiqué N° 02-11 of the Council of the Archdiocese

Meeting of May 26th 2011
 

The Easter Message of His Eminence Aarchbishop Gabriel of Comane

Exarch of the Ecumenical Patriarch
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
Christ is Risen!
“If you knew the gift of God ...” Jn. IV.10
It is with great joy that I join you all on this morning that knows no evening, on this feast that has no end, in this new time that enters the old world, in this blessed moment of eternity, where, as we contemplate the icon of the Descent into Hell, in which Christ drags Adam and Eve from the grave and with them raises us in the sweet and divine (...)
 

Communique N° 01-11 of the Archdiocesan Council

Meeting of 24 February 2011
 

Christmas Message 2010 of His Eminence Archbishop Gabriel of Comana

“Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble...” (2 Corinthians1: 3-4)
 

Communiqué N° 05-10 of the Council of the Archdiocese

Meeting of 21 and 22 June 2010
 

Communiqué N° 04-10 of the Archdiocesan Council

Meeting of 19 May 2010
 

Communique N° 02-10 of the Archdiocesan Council

Meeting of 9 March 2010
 

The Easter Message of His Eminence Archbishop Gabriel

“O living sacrifice, God and Saviour, who hast of Thine own will offered thyself to Thy Father, by rising from the tomb, Thou didst raise with Thee all the human race.” (6th Ode Paschal Canon)

Christ is Risen!

 

Communiqué No. 03-09 of the Council of the Archdiocese

Meeting of 29 April 2009
 

The Easter Message of His Eminence Archbishop Gabriel of Comana, Exarch of the Ecumenical Patriarch

‘Behold, through the Cross joy has come into all the world. [...] For us Christ endured the Cross, and by his death he has destroyed death’
 

Communiqué No. 02-09 of the Council of the Archdiocese

Meeting of 11 March 2009
 

Communiqué No. 01-09 of the Council of the Archdiocese

Meeting of 4 February 2009
 

Communiqué No. 12-08 of the Council of the Archdioces

Meeting of 10 December 2008
 

Communiqué No. 11-08 of the Council of the Archdiocese

Meeting of 15 October 2008
 

Christmas Message from His Eminence Archbishop Gabriel of Comana

 

Communiqué No. 10-08 of the Council of the Archdiocese

Meeting of 17 September 2008
 

EASTER MESSAGE, Archbishop Gabriel of Comana, Exarch of the Ecumenical Patriarch

Those whom Hades held captive in his chains were witnesses of his infinite love; towards thy light, O Christ, they went with joyful footsteps, celebrating Pascha in eternity
 

Communiqué 07-08 of the Administration of the Archdiocese

About the decision taken on 15 April 2008 by the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Moscow, to ‘bless the creation an Orthodox seminary in Paris’.
 

Communiqué N° 05-08 of the Council of the Archdiocese

Meeting of 27 February 2008
 

Communiqué N° 02-08 of the Council of the Archdiocese

Meeting on 23 january 2008
 

Communiqué N° 03-08 of the Archidiocesan Office

A delegation from the Archdiocese to the Ecumenical Patriarcat
 

Christmas Message from Archbishop Gabriel of Comana

 

Communique N° 04-07 of the Council of the Archdiocese

Meeting of 26 June 2007
 

The History and future of the Archdiocese: an interview with Archbishop Gabriel of Comana

Link to a page of the website of the Vicariate.
 

Communique N° 03-07 of the Council of the Archdiocese

Meeting of 25 April 2007 & 23 May 2007
 

Message to the clergy and faithful of the Exarchate from His Eminence Archbishop Gabriel on the occasion of the restoration of communion between the Moscow Patriarchate and the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia

 

Easter Message from Archbishop Gabriel of Comana

 

Metropolitan Kirill: The canonical conflict with Bishop Basil (Osborne) has now been completely settled, but the human one remains.

Moscow, 29 March, Blagovest-info. The problem arising from the transfer of Bishop Basil (Osborne) to the jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Constantinople has now been canonically completely regularised, announced Metropolitan Kirill, Chairman of Department for External Church Relations (DECR) to journalists on 29 March, commenting on the decision of the Holy Synod on 27 March 2007.
 

Communiqué No. 02-07 of the Council of the Archdiocese

Meeting of 8 March 2007
 

Communique N° 01-07 of the Council of the Archdiocese

Meeting of 31 January 2007
 

Meeting between delegations from the Patriarchates of Constantinople and Moscow

 

Christmas Message from Archbishop Gabriel of Comana - 2006

Christmas Message from His Eminence Archbishop Gabriel of Comana to the Clergy and Faithful of the Archdiocese of Orthodox Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe.

‘Christ is born, glorify Him; Christ comes from heaven, go out to meet Him.’

 

Communique N° 19-06 of the Council of the Archdiocese

Meeting of 6 December 2006
 

Communiqué N° 18-06 of the Council of the Archdiocese

Meeting of 18 October 2006
 

Diocesan conference on ‘The work and legacy of Metropolitan Evlogii’

père Job et Mgr Gabriel (JPEG) A memorial day marking the sixtieth anniversary of the death of Metropolitan Evlogii, who was founder and bishop of the Diocese from 1921 to 1946, was organised by the Diocesan Administration with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Gabriel, on Saturday 7 October.
 

 
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