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.

Serbian Orthodox parish of St. Simeon the Myrrh-flowing (Stefan Nemanja), Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Düsseldorf and all of Germany.

The priest also serves the communities of Passau, Landshut and Freising.

Greek Orthodox parish of the Three Holy Hierarchs (Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Germany, Ecumenical Patriarchate).

The parish also serves the faithful in Aschaffenburg, Schweinfurt, Künzelsau and Fulda.

The roots of the Serbian Orthodox community in Munich go back to the difficult years surrounding the Second World War. In the 1940s, Serbian believers in Germany first gathered for worship in camps and temporary chapels. In 1946, a Serbian Orthodox Community for Germany was formally organized and recognized by Bavarian authorities, marking the beginning of an official church presence in the region. Just one year later, in 1947, the Serbian Orthodox Church Municipality of Munich was founded, initially using borrowed spaces in various parts of the city.

Over the following decades the community moved several times as it grew, celebrating services in chapels and halls at different addresses across Munich. In the 1980s the parish began planning a permanent church and cultural center that would reflect both Serbian Orthodox tradition and its new Bavarian home. Construction of the church dedicated to Saint Jovan Vladimir started in 1995 on Putzbrunner Straße, and the building was first consecrated in 1996. In the years that followed, a chapel was added and the interior iconography was completed, so that today the church stands as a fully developed Orthodox sacred space and a lively hub for worship, catechesis, language school and cultural events.

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Note: Times are given in local Munich time (CET/CEST). Feast-day schedules and special services can vary; checking the parish calendar or contacting the office before a visit is recommended.

Serbian Orthodox church of the Synaxis of the Serbian Saints, the centre of Serbian Orthodox church life in Baden-Württemberg.

Serbian Orthodox monastic skete of St. Spyridon, founded in October 1989 by the monks Basilius (Grolimund) and Justin (Rauer); Abbot Basilius previously spent eleven years at Stavronikita monastery on Mount Athos.

The skete is a dependency of the Serbian monastery of the All-Holy Mother of God in Hildesheim-Himmelsthür.