{"id":2102,"date":"2017-10-27T11:56:51","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T09:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.orthodoxia.be\/?page_id=2102"},"modified":"2026-05-22T11:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T09:43:09","slug":"le-metropolite-athenagoras-de-belgique","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/orthodoxia.be\/fr\/le-metropolite-athenagoras-de-belgique\/","title":{"rendered":"le M\u00e9tropolite Ath\u00e9nagoras de Belgique"},"content":{"rendered":"

Son \u00c9minence le M\u00e9tropolite Ath\u00e9nagoras de Belgique, Exarque des Pays-Bas et du Luxembourg,<\/strong> fils de l\u2019archipr\u00eatre Ignace Peckstadt et de Marie-Th\u00e9r\u00e8se Janssens naquit \u00e0 Gand. Apr\u00e8s quelques ann\u00e9es d\u2019\u00e9tudes \u00e0 la Facult\u00e9 de droit de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Gand, il poursuivit son parcours acad\u00e9mique, en tant que boursier du Patriarcat \u0153cum\u00e9nique, \u00e0 la Facult\u00e9 de Th\u00e9ologie de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Aristote de Thessalonique, o\u00f9 il obtint son dipl\u00f4me avec la plus grande distinction. Il fut envoy\u00e9 pour des \u00e9tudes postuniversitaires \u00e0 l\u2019Institut \u0152cum\u00e9nique de Bossey (Universit\u00e9 de Gen\u00e8ve). Enfin, il obtint le grade de docteur en th\u00e9ologie \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Radboud de Nim\u00e8gue, apr\u00e8s avoir soutenu publiquement sa th\u00e8se intitul\u00e9e \u00ab La paroisse orthodoxe Sainte Catherine \u00e0 Amsterdam \u00bb (1752\u20131886). En 1989, il fut ordonn\u00e9 diacre \u00e0 Bruxelles par le M\u00e9tropolite Bartholom\u00e9e de Philadelphie (actuel Patriarche \u0153cum\u00e9nique), recevant le pr\u00e9nom d\u2019Ath\u00e9nagoras, en m\u00e9moire du grand Patriarche \u0153cum\u00e9nique du m\u00eame nom. Il servit comme archidiacre de l\u2019Archev\u00each\u00e9 Orthodoxe de Belgique jusqu\u2019\u00e0 son ordination presbyt\u00e9rale en 1996. Il fut ensuite nomm\u00e9 vicaire \u00e9piscopal pour les paroisses francophones et n\u00e9erlandophones de l\u2019Archev\u00each\u00e9. De 1993 \u00e0 1998, il enseigna la religion orthodoxe dans plusieurs \u00e9tablissements d\u2019enseignement secondaire en Flandre. De 1994 \u00e0 2014, il fut responsable de production et pr\u00e9sentateur des \u00e9missions conc\u00e9d\u00e9es \u00e0 l\u2019\u00c9glise orthodoxe sur les cha\u00eenes publiques VRT et RTBF. Cette m\u00eame ann\u00e9e 1994, il fut d\u00e9sign\u00e9 \u00e9galement par le Saint-Synode du Patriarcat \u0152cum\u00e9nique comme collaborateur du Bureau de l\u2019\u00c9glise orthodoxe aupr\u00e8s de l\u2019Union europ\u00e9enne. Depuis de nombreuses ann\u00e9es, il est \u00e9galement aum\u00f4nier orthodoxe \u00e0 l\u2019a\u00e9roport international de Bruxelles. Comme pr\u00eatre, il fonda des paroisses \u00e0 Bruges, Ostende et Hasselt. Il dirigea la paroisse de Bruges de 1995 jusqu\u2019\u00e0 son \u00e9lection unanime, en 2003, par le Saint-Synode du Patriarcat \u0152cum\u00e9nique, comme \u00e9v\u00eaque auxiliaire du M\u00e9tropolite de Belgique, avec le titre d\u2019\u00c9v\u00eaque de Sinope. Sa cons\u00e9cration \u00e9piscopale eut lieu en la Cath\u00e9drale Orthodoxe des saints Archanges de Bruxelles. En 2013, le Saint-Synode du Patriarcat \u0152cum\u00e9nique proc\u00e9da \u00e0 l\u2019unanimit\u00e9 \u00e0 son \u00e9lection en tant que M\u00e9tropolite de Belgique et Exarque des Pays-Bas et du Luxembourg. Depuis lors, il pr\u00e9side la Conf\u00e9rence Episcopale Orthodoxe du Benelux. Depuis plusieurs ann\u00e9es, il dirige le Bureau de l\u2019\u00c9glise Orthodoxe aupr\u00e8s de l\u2019Union Europ\u00e9enne et pr\u00e9side CROCEU (Committee of the Representatives of the local Orthodox Churches to the European Union). En 2016, le Saint-Synode du Patriarcat \u0152cum\u00e9nique le nomma copr\u00e9sident de la Commission Internationale pour le Dialogue Th\u00e9ologique entre la Communion Anglicane et l\u2019Eglise orthodoxe. De mani\u00e8re r\u00e9currente, il a particip\u00e9 \u00e0 certaines repr\u00e9sentations officielles et missions du Patriarcat \u0152cum\u00e9nique, ainsi qu\u2019\u00e0 des congr\u00e8s inter orthodoxes et inter chr\u00e9tiens. Il a notamment accompagn\u00e9 \u00e0 plusieurs reprises l\u2019actuel Patriarche \u0152cum\u00e9nique Bartholom\u00e9e lors de grands voyages officiels.<\/p>\n

Adresse<\/u>:
\nAvenue Charbo 71
\n1030 Bruxelles
\nBelgique
\nT\u00e9l.: + 32.2\/736.52.78<\/a>
\nE-mail:\u00a0info@orthodoxia.be<\/a><\/p>\n

F\u00eate onomastique<\/u>:\u00a024 juillet
\nSacre \u00e9piscopal<\/u>:\u00a022 juin 2003<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Son \u00c9minence le M\u00e9tropolite Ath\u00e9nagoras de Belgique, Exarque des Pays-Bas et du Luxembourg, fils de l\u2019archipr\u00eatre Ignace Peckstadt et de Marie-Th\u00e9r\u00e8se Janssens naquit \u00e0 Gand. Apr\u00e8s quelques ann\u00e9es d\u2019\u00e9tudes \u00e0 la Facult\u00e9 de droit de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Gand, il poursuivit son parcours acad\u00e9mique, en tant que boursier du Patriarcat \u0153cum\u00e9nique, \u00e0 la Facult\u00e9 de Th\u00e9ologie … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":4941,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2102","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nle M\u00e9tropolite Ath\u00e9nagoras de Belgique - Archev\u00each\u00e9 Orthodoxe de Belgique<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/orthodoxia.be\/fr\/le-metropolite-athenagoras-de-belgique\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"le M\u00e9tropolite Ath\u00e9nagoras de Belgique - Archev\u00each\u00e9 Orthodoxe de Belgique\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Son \u00c9minence le M\u00e9tropolite Ath\u00e9nagoras de Belgique, Exarque des Pays-Bas et du Luxembourg, fils de l\u2019archipr\u00eatre Ignace Peckstadt et de Marie-Th\u00e9r\u00e8se Janssens naquit \u00e0 Gand. 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