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The Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Belgium, Holland, and Luxembourg consists of all the active Eastern Orthodox bishops in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg, and representing multiple jurisdictions. It is not, properly speaking, a synod.

The assembly began when delegates from the 14 autocephalous Eastern Orthodox churches met at the Center of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Chambésy, Switzerland, on June 6–12, 2009.^[1]

The current jurisdictions in the region include the following, ordered according to diptych:

• Ecumenical Patriarchate
  • Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Belgium and Exarchate of the Netherlands and Luxembourg
  • Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Diocese of Great Britain and Western Europe
• Antiochian Patriarchate
  • Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of France, Western, and Southern Europe
  • Antiochian Orthodox Archidocese of Germany and Central Europe
• Moscow Patriarchate
  • Russian Orthodox Diocese of Brussels and Belgium
  • Russian Orthodox Diocese of The Hague and the Netherlands
  • Archdiocese of Russian Orthodox Churches in Western Europe (Deanery of the Benelux)
  • Russian Orthodox Diocese of Great Britain and Western Europe (ROCOR)
• Serbian Patriarchate - Eparchy of Western Europe
• Bulgarian Patriarchate - Eparchy of Central and Western Europe
• Romanian Patriarchate
  • Romanian Orthodox Metropolis of Western and Southern Europe
  • Romanian Orthodox Metropolis of Germany and Central Europe

• Georgian Patriarchate - Eparchy of Belgium and Netherlands

• Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Great Britain and Ireland
• Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of France
• Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Spain and Portugal
• Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Italy and Malta
• Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Austria
• Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Switzerland and Lichtenstein
• Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Germany
• Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Scandinavia

v t e Eastern Orthodox Church
Autocephalous and autonomous churches of Eastern Orthodoxy
Autocephalous churches	Four ancient patriarchates Constantinople Bartholomew I Alexandria Theodore II Antioch John X Jerusalem Theophilos III Junior patriarchates Russia[a] Kirill Serbia Porfirije Bulgaria Daniil Romania Daniel Georgia Ilia II Autocephalous archdioceses/metropolises Cyprus George III Greece Ieronymos II Albania Anastasios Poland Sawa Czech Lands and Slovakia Rastislav America[b] Tikhon Ukraine[b] Epiphanius North Macedonia[b] Stefan
Autonomous churches	Sinai Finland (Ecumenical Patriarchate) Estonia (Ecumenical Patriarchate)[b] Japan (Moscow Patriarchate)[b] China (Moscow Patriarchate)[b] Ukraine (Moscow Patriarchate)[c] Americas (Romanian Patriarchate) Bessarabia (Romanian Patriarchate)[b] Moldova (Moscow Patriarchate)[b] Semi-autonomous churches Crete (Ecumenical Patriarchate) Estonia (Moscow Patriarchate)[d] Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia[d]
Diaspora Assemblies	Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania Austria Belgium, Holland, and Luxembourg Canada France Germany Great Britain and Ireland Italy and Malta Latin America Scandinavia Spain and Portugal Switzerland and Liechtenstein United States of America
History	Apostles in the New Testament First seven ecumenical councils Church Fathers Great Church State church of the Roman Empire East–West Schism Raskol Old Believers Catacomb Church Old Calendarists Moscow–Constantinople schisms 15th–16th c. 1996 2018
Liturgy	Byzantine Rite Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom Liturgy of Saint Basil Liturgy of Saint James Liturgy of Saint Mark Western Rite
Other	Unrecognized Eastern Orthodox churches Eastern Orthodoxy by country Canon law of the Eastern Orthodox Church
Christianity portal ^ The ROC severed full communion with the Ecumenical Patriarchate in 2018, and later severed full communion with the primates of the Church of Greece, the Patriarchate of Alexandria, and the Church of Cyprus in 2020. ^ a b c d e f g h Autocephaly or autonomy is not universally recognized. ^ UOC-MP was moved to formally cut ties with the ROC as of May 27th 2022. ^ a b Semi-autonomous part of the Russian Orthodox Church whose autonomy is not universally recognized.