Antwerp

Parish of the Nativity of Christ.

Address: Loosplaats 2 (Sint-Jozefkerk)
B-2018 Antwerpen

Liturgical language: Church-Slavonic

Services:
Saturday: Vigils, 18.00
Sunday: Divine Liturgy, 10.00

Clergy:

	Archbishop SIMON of Brussels and Belgium - the rector tel. & fax: +32 2 513 33 74 info[at]archiepiskopia.be
	priest Kliment Samovarov mob. +32 486 900 606 skliment[at]mail.ru
	deacon Vladimir Schitikov mob. 0493 522 713
	deacon Oleg Ageenko mob. +32 487 427 579 alehaheyenka[at]hotmail.com

History:
Russian Orthodox parishes existed in Antwerp from the 1920s to the 1960/70s. After a lapse of some three decades, Archbishop Simon of Brussels and Belgium in October 1999 recreated a parish for Russian-speaking churchgoers. From 2000 until today the parish uses Saint Joseph church by the central city park. To mark the 2000-th anniversary of Christianity, the parish was named in honour of the Nativity of Christ. In 2004 it was officially recognized by the Belgian authorities.