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.

The Greek Orthodox parish of St. Basil the Great in Backnang belongs to the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Germany (Ecumenical Patriarchate). The community celebrates the Divine Liturgy in the Christkönigkirche on Marienburger Straße. It is dedicated to St. Basil the Great, Archbishop of Caesarea and one of the Three Holy Hierarchs, who shaped Orthodox theology, monasticism and the Divine Liturgy that bears his name.

The Greek Orthodox parish of St. Catherine (Agia Aikaterini) in Aschaffenburg worships in the chapel of the former St. Catherine's hospital (Katharinenspital) on Löherstraße, a building erected in 1604–1610. The city granted the chapel to the Greek Orthodox community in 1975, and it was consecrated as a Greek Orthodox church dedicated to St. Catherine of Alexandria on 4 May 1980. The parish belongs to the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Germany and is served together with the parish of the Three Hierarchs in Würzburg.

The Greek Orthodox community of Sts. Constantine and Helena in Ahlen belongs to the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Germany (Ecumenical Patriarchate) and is served as a filial of the parish of St. Therapon in Gütersloh. The faithful gather for the Divine Liturgy in the Pauluskirche. The community is dedicated to the Holy Emperor Constantine the Great and his mother Empress Helena, venerated as Equal-to-the-Apostles for their role in the spread of Christianity.

The Greek Orthodox parish of Agios Dimitrios (St. Demetrius) in Aachen was founded in 1962 and belongs to the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Germany (Ecumenical Patriarchate). Its parish territory covers the districts of Aachen, Düren and Heinsberg and serves around 3,000 faithful. Since 1987 the community has worshipped in the historic St. Michael's Church on Jesuitenstraße, a former Jesuit church built in 1628. The combination of western baroque architecture and Orthodox iconography gives the interior a distinctive atmosphere.

Romanian Orthodox parish of St. Dimitrie the New (Basarabov), Romanian Orthodox Metropolis for Germany, Central and Northern Europe.

Services are held in the St. Georg church.

The Greek Orthodox parish of St. George in Bad Pyrmont belongs to the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Germany (Ecumenical Patriarchate). The community gathers for the Divine Liturgy in the St. Georg-Kirche on Bathildisstraße and is served from the parish of the Three Hierarchs in Hannover. St. George the Great Martyr is among the most beloved saints of the Orthodox Church.

Die griechisch-orthodoxe Kirchengemeinde des Heiligen Georgios in Frankfurt am Main gehört zur Griechisch-Orthodoxen Metropolie von Deutschland (GOMD) unter dem Ökumenischen Patriarchat von Konstantinopel. Der Heilige Georgios (Heiliger Georg, gest. um 303 n. Chr. in Nikomedia) ist einer der meistverehrten Märtyrer der Orthodoxie und Nationalheiliger Griechenlands. Die Gemeinde betreut die griechisch-orthodoxen Gläubigen in Frankfurt am Main und der Rhein-Main-Region und bietet neben der Göttlichen Liturgie auch Katechese, Erwachsenenbildung und Jugendgruppen an.

Die griechisch-orthodoxe Kirchengemeinde des Heiligen Georg in München gehört zur Griechisch-Orthodoxen Metropolie von Deutschland (GOMD) unter dem Ökumenischen Patriarchat von Konstantinopel. Die Gemeinde feiert die Göttliche Liturgie in der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Auferstehungskirche im Münchner Westend und betreut die griechisch-orthodoxen Gläubigen im westlichen München. Der Heilige Georg ist einer der meistverehrten Märtyrer der Orthodoxie und Schutzpatron Griechenlands.