Clergy, Churches & Map

Father Viktor Meshko, born in Ukraine in 1973, lives with his family in Germany. He is a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, married, father of four children and grandfather. With a doctorate in theology and psychology, he combines spiritual depth with human warmth – in pastoral care, in his counselling practice and in social work.

Russian Orthodox All Saints Church, designed by St. Petersburg architect Leonti Benois. The cornerstone was laid on 16 October 1896 in the presence of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna; the church was consecrated on 22 September 1899.

It belongs to the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR) and is served from the St. Nicholas parish in Frankfurt.

Romanian Orthodox church of the Nativity of the Lord, consecrated on 26 May 2002 by Metropolitan Serafim Joantă.

The parish celebrates two patronal feasts: the Nativity of Christ (25 December) and Sts. Constantine and Helena (21 May).

Serbian Orthodox parish of the Holy Mother of God in Wuppertal-Elberfeld, belonging to the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Düsseldorf and all of Germany.

The Russian Orthodox community in Munich looks back on a long tradition. This applies not only to the 1,000-year tradition since the baptism of Russia, which the community celebrated in 1988 with lectures and an exhibition, but also to the Munich tradition.
When the Russian legation was opened in Munich's Ottostraße in 1798, church services were also to be held here in the chapel, in accordance with custom. Although no further details are known, it is historically certain that from 1832 onwards, the legation staff and their relatives attended the Salvator Church, which was served by Greek clergy. This also applies to the diplomat and poet F. I. Tyutchev (1803-1873), who married in the Salvator Church and had all five of his children baptised there. From 1867 to 1881, there was also the house church of Count Adlerberg, which was moved to Tegernsee when the family relocated there. This house church was dedicated to St. Nicholas, the miracle worker of Myra in Lycia (Asia Minor). Its iconostasis[1] was a gift from Tsar Alexander II, a friend of the Adlerberg family. He had taken it and the liturgical objects given to the Adlerbergs from his dacha in Finland.

"A place of hope and community."

Over the decades, the church has undergone several renovations to accommodate its growing membership and to enhance its facilities for community outreach programs.

The Church of St. John of Kronstadt in Hamburg is the largest Russian Orthodox church in Germany. It is located at Tschaikowsky-Platz 1 in the heart of Hamburg. The church is part of the Berlin Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate). Services are conducted in Church Slavonic, Russian, and partly in German, following the Russian singing tradition. The church is open daily from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. St. John of Kronstadt (born Johannes Sergeyev in 1829) was a renowned Russian Orthodox priest known for his deep faith, charitable works, and spiritual writings.

The Russian Orthodox Chapel of St. Mary Magdalene in Weimar was built between 1860 and 1862 for Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1786–1859), wife of Grand Duke Carl Friedrich of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. Maria Pavlovna, daughter of Tsar Paul I, had a profound impact on Weimar's cultural life and was a patron of the arts. After her death in 1859, her son Grand Duke Carl Alexander commissioned the chapel as a memorial and burial place. The small, ornate chapel was designed in the Russian-Byzantine style and stands in the park of Belvedere Castle. The chapel contains the sarcophagi of Maria Pavlovna and her husband. It remains one of the most beautiful examples of Russian Orthodox architecture in Central Europe and is a popular attraction in the city that was once home to Goethe and Schiller.

The Church of St. Nicholas in Stuttgart belongs to the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR). The parish serves the ROCOR faithful in the Stuttgart metropolitan area and the wider Baden-Württemberg region. Stuttgart, as a major industrial center, is home to a significant Russian-speaking community.