Pervijze

Monastery of the Consoling Mother of God

Address:
Roesdammestraat 1,
8600 PERVIJZE (Diksmuide)

orthodoxmonastery[at]scarlet.be

Web-site: www.orthodox.be

Clergy:

	Archimandrite Johan (Remmery) - rector
	Hierodeacon Eleutherios (Hoeree)

Liturgical language: Dutch

Calendar: Gregorian (new style)

Services:
Weekdays:
6am - Midnight service, prime, Divine Liturgy and terce.
12.00 - Sext and none with acathist
5.30 pm - Vespers and matins
8.30 pm - Compline
Saturdays:
7am - Midnight service, prime, Divine Liturgy and terce.
12.00 - Sext and none with acathist
6pm - Vigils
Sundays:
10am - Terce, sext, none and Divine Liturgy
5.30pm - Vepsers, matins and compline

History: The first Orthodox monastic community in Belgium was founded in 1976 on the Belgian cost (Western Flanders) by a Belgian Orthodox monk from the Convent of St John the Baptist in The Hague (Netherlands). He was gradually joined by other monks, and today the monastery has 5 monks of different origins. In 1988 the monks built a real Orthodox church, decorated completely with frescos, which was consecrated in the same year. The parish is officially recognized by the Belgian authorities.