Ukrainian Orthodox Church community opened in Paris

Community of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Paris. Photo: Facebook page of the community

With the blessing of His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kyiv and All Ukraine, the community of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Paris (France) began to operate, according to the Telegram channel of the Department for External Church Relations of the UOC.

Services are held every Sunday at 9:00 am at 52 Av. Louis Aragon, 94800 Villejuif, Église Notre-Dame des Apôtres, metro – line 7, stop – Villejuif Loui.

Priest Mark Mintenko, cleric of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, takes care of the new Parisian community: +33780708643 – mobile, +380989299427 – WhatsApp, Viber, Telegram.

“By the grace of God, we celebrated the Divine Liturgy today! We prayed for peace in our state and for our defenders!” community members wrote on the parish's Facebook page.

Earlier, the UOJ wrote that in Belgium, priests of the UOC will serve liturgies in Brussels, Antwerp and Leuven on a regular basis.

As the UOJ reported, the first liturgy was celebrated for a new community of the UOC in Padeborn.

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