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News
On 6–7 November 2026, the regular General Assembly of the Archdiocese took place at Saint Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Paris. The Assembly elected Archpriest Matthieu Leszczynski as vicar bishop of the Archdiocese.
Since 2021 some sixty young catechumens have been baptised at Saint Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Paris. Protodeacon Alexandre Kedroff describes the cathedral’s school of catechesis.
On Sunday 18 October at 4 p.m., inter-Orthodox Vespers for the feast of Saint Dionysius the Areopagite will be served at Notre-Dame de Paris.
Hieromonk John (Guaita) remembers Fr Alexander Men: Novaya Derevnya, lunch for two on one plate, and a priest who pointed to Christ.
We are the first generation to carry in our pockets a thing that talks to us. How artificial intelligence works, why its “kindness” is a trap, and three simple rules for keeping your soul in a world where the machine has learned to speak.
For more than twelve centuries the relics of Saint Sophia and her daughters have been venerated at Eschau near Strasbourg. The life of the martyrs, the long journey of their relics from Rome to Alsace, and how to venerate them today.
The annual meeting devoted to the spiritual legacy of Saint Silouan will take place in Paris from 2 to 4 October.
Interview
Hieromonk John (Guaita) remembers Fr Alexander Men: Novaya Derevnya, lunch for two on one plate, and a priest who pointed to Christ.
Interview
Metropolitan Jean of Dubna on the encounter with God, the legacy of the emigration, the language of prayer and why a parish begins with a cup of tea after the Liturgy.
Metropolitan Jean of Dubna on why the Archdiocese is not a national Church, its mission in Italy, Germany, Britain and France, the simplicity of a bishop’s ministry and fellowship in the parishes. In French with Russian subtitles.
More to watch
“I knew Father Alexander Men”: the recollections of Hieromonk John (Guaita)
Learning theology in Paris: Schmemann, Meyendorff, Mélia. Metropolitan Jean. Episode 3
Where a person is seen as a person: Metropolitan Jean on vocations and young people. Episode 2
Reunification: how the Archdiocese returned to the Moscow PatriarchateParishes of all the canonical Orthodox Churches, country by country: address, diocese, language of worship, contact details.
