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The Holy Metropolis of Belgium and Exarchate of the Netherlands and Luxembourg belongs to the direct jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew clarifies that this does not constitute a “supra-church” or “super-authority,” but rather a church according to the ecclesiological value and concept of the indivisible Church, a link between the brotherhood of Orthodox Churches, a coordinator of their actions, a center for their common work, and a center for ecumenical service and prayer.
The Metropolis of Belgium was established on August 12, 1969, through the issuance of the Foundational Patriarchal and Synodal Tome, and it includes the countries of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
The Orthodox Church was officially recognized by the Belgian State through Law (March 29, 1985) published in Official Gazette No. 91 of May 11, 1985. The Royal Decree of March 15, 1988, regarding the organization of the Orthodox Church, in Chapter I, Article 1, states verbatim: “The Metropolitan-Archbishop of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, or his appointed representative, is recognized by Us as the representative organ of the entire Orthodox Church in Belgium.”
This Patriarchate is the first among the four Orthodox Patriarchates of the East and has held the prestigious historical title of the Ecumenical Patriarchate since the 9th century.
Orthodoxy in the jurisdiction of the Holy Metropolis (Benelux) began to develop in the mid-seventeenth century. The first Orthodox were Greeks and Russians settled in this region.
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