Brussels

Cathedral Church of St. Nicolas the Wonderworker.

Address: Rue des Chevaliers 29,
B-1050 Brussels - Belgium
Metro: 'Porte de Namur' (or 'Louiza') and then 5 min by foot, or 20 min. by foot from the Bruxelles-Central railway station.

Services:
Saturday: vigil at 6:00 PM
Sunday and major feast days: Divine Liturgy at 10:00 AM
Complete timetable.
Confessions after Saturday's vigil service or on Sunday between 9:30-9:50 AM. Both priests speak English.

Liturgical language: Slavonic (Church Russian)

Clergy:

	Archbishop SIMON of Brussels and Belgium tel. & fax: +32 2 513 33 74 info [at] archiepiskopia.be
	priest Alexander Motorny +32 479 37 14 63 a.motornyi [at] gmail.com
	deacon Vladimir Gabernik +32 496 54 39 83 diakonbel [at] gmail.com
	deacon Vladislav Abramov +32 491 54 65 06 v.abramov [at] live.com

Brief history:

The Russian Orthodox church of St Nicholas the Wonderworker was established in Brussels in 1862 as the private chapel of Prince Nicholas Orloff, Plenipotentiary Minister of the Russian Imperial Court to the Kingdom of Belgium. In 1876 it was moved to 29 rue des Chevaliers, Ixelles (Brussels), where it remains until today. In 1887 it was registered as the official Russian embassy's church. The Church, decorated in late 19th century Russian style, occupies the ground floor of the house. Since 1929 the bishop of Brussels and Belgium has resided in the same building. The parish is officially recognized by the Belgian authorities.