May 18 to 24, 2015: SAINT LOUIS OF THE FRENCH, MOSCOW, RUSSIA

Catholic enclave in a primarily orthodox country, the parish of Saint Louis of the French was created by a decree of Catherine the Great in 1789.

The church of Saint Louis, built in 1830, is one of the only churches that remained open during the communist period. In spite of the persecutions suffered during those long years, the cult is today more alive than ever and offered in multiple languages; indeed, Catholics from around the world assemble under our roof: Russians, French, English, Italians, Vietnamese, Filipinos, Lithuanians, etc. Our church also houses the Russian catholic parish Saints-Peter-and-Paul, since they do not have their own building.