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Eastern Orthodoxy in France is the totality of all Eastern Orthodox churches in France. According to a 2020 survey, Eastern Orthodox Christians made up 1% of the French population. [ 1 ]
Christianity first spread in the predominantly Greek-speaking eastern half of the Roman Empire.The Apostles traveled extensively throughout the empire, establishing communities in major cities and regions, with the first community appearing in Jerusalem, followed by communities in Antioch, Ethiopia and others.
The Orthodox Catholic Church of France (L'ECOF, French: Église catholique orthodoxe de France), also known as the Orthodox Church of France (French: Église orthodoxe de France), [1] is an Eastern Orthodox church mostly in France comprising two dioceses [2] and using a reconstruction of the Gallican Rite. [3]
The Eastern Orthodox Church in France is represented by several communities and ecclesiastical jurisdictions. Traditionally, Eastern Orthodox Christians in France are mainly ethnic Greeks, Russians, Romanians, Bulgarians, Serbs, Ukrainians and Georgians, but there are also some ethnic French converts to Eastern Orthodoxy.
Christianity has been, historically, a Middle Eastern religion with its origin in Judaism. Eastern Christianity refers collectively to the Christian traditions and churches which developed in the Middle East, Egypt, Asia Minor, the Far East, Balkans, Eastern Europe, Northeastern Africa and southern India over several centuries of religious antiquity.
The history of Eastern Orthodox Christian theology begins with the life of Jesus and the forming of the Christian Church.Major events include the Chalcedonian schism of 451 with the Oriental Orthodox miaphysites, the Iconoclast controversy of the 8th and 9th centuries, the Photian schism (863-867), the Great Schism (culminating in 1054) between East and West, and the Hesychast controversy (c ...
Archbishops of Orthodox parishes of Russian tradition in Western Europe (8 P) Pages in category "Eastern Orthodoxy in France" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 December 2024. Second-largest Christian church This article is about the Eastern Orthodox Church as an institution. For its religion, doctrine and tradition, see Eastern Orthodoxy. For other uses of "Orthodox Church", see Orthodox Church (disambiguation). For other uses of "Greek Orthodox", see Greek ...