Saint-Serge Church

The Église de la Sainte-Trinité-et-Saint-Serge is an Orthodox church near the Parc des Buttes-Chaumont in Paris. The brick building has a wooden entrance with twin stairways rising to the portal on the upper level.

The church was built in 1861 for German Protestants and taken over by the Russian Orthodox community in 1924. That community formed through the arrival of Russian refugees after 1917.

The interior displays a wooden iconostasis with more than one hundred saint images, including a royal gate from 16th-century Moscow. These liturgical objects were donated by Russian families who fled into exile after the Revolution.

The church opens on Sundays for services, which visitors are welcome to attend. The nearest metro stations are Laumière and Ourcq on Line 5.

The complex houses the Institut de Théologie Orthodoxe Saint-Serge, the only institution in France teaching Orthodox theology in French. It trained influential theologians of the 20th century.

Location: 19th arrondissement of Paris

Accessibility: Wheelchair inaccessible

Made from material: brick

Address: 93, rue de Crimée, 75019 Paris

Phone: +33632684192

Website: http://paroissestserge.free.fr

GPS coordinates: 48.88389,2.38444

Latest update: December 6, 2025 12:31