Greek Orthodox Metropolis of France
Metropolitan of Greek Orthodox Metropolis of France | |
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| Bishopric | |
St. Stephen's Cathedral, Paris | |
| Location | |
| Territory | France |
| Metropolitan | Dimitrios (Ploumis) |
| Headquarters | Paris |
| Statistics | |
| Parishes | c. 60 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Rite | Byzantine Music: Byzantine chant, Russian chant Calendar: Revised Julian, Julian |
| Established | 1963 |
| Website | |
| https://mgro.fr | |
The Metropolis of France, or the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of France (French: Métropole grecque orthodoxe de France, Greek: Μητρόπολη Γαλλίας, romanized: Mitropoli Gallias), is a diocese of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople established in 1963. It comprises the Eastern Orthodox parishes and monasteries in France.
Historically, its congregation mainly consisted of people of Greek descent, but following the disestablishment of the Paris-based Patriarchal Exarchate for Orthodox Parishes of the Russian Tradition in Western Europe within the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in November 2018, a significant number of the parishes of the former Exarchate have joined the Metropolis while retaining their Russian liturgical tradition.