Trazegnies

Convent of the Mother of God of Iveron (Portaitissa).

Address: Rue du Caillou 3,
B-6183 Trazegnies
Web-site: http://couventportaitissa.blogspot.be/

Liturgical language: French

Worship:
06:15 - midnight service, matins and prime
12:00 – terce and sext
17:30 – none and vespers
20:30 – compline
Divine Liturgy is served about 3 times a month.

	Superior: nun Lydia tel/fax: +32 71 462 846 portaitissa[at]skynet.be
	priest Francis Dermaux - serving priest tel. +32 69 22 91 41 mob. +32 495 38 35 94 fdermaux[at]gmail.com

History: The first Orthodox women’s convent in Belgium was founded in December 1999 when two nuns from the convent of St John the Baptist in The Hague (Netherlands) moved into a house at Trazegnies, close to Charleroi. The house, with a garden and a barn converted into a chapel, constitutes the convent, which lives from donations, the sale of prayer beads and icon painting.