| Alexander Nevsky Cathedral | |
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| Cathedral of Saint Alexander Nevsky | |
Cathédrale Saint-Alexandre-Nevsky de Paris | |
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  Alexander Nevsky Cathedral | |
| 48°52′39.3″N 2°18′7.1″E / 48.877583°N 2.301972°E | |
| Location | Paris |
| Country | France |
| Denomination | Russian Orthodox Church |
| Website | cathedrale-orthodoxe.com |
| History | |
| Founder(s) | Joseph Vassiliev, Alexander II of Russia |
| Consecrated | 11 September 1861 |
| Architecture | |
| Heritage designation |  Monument Historique PA00088807[1] |
| Designated | 11 May 1981 |
| Architect(s) | Roman Kouzmine, Ivan Strohm |
| Architectural type | Cathedral |
| Style | Byzantine |
| Groundbreaking | 3 March 1859 |
| Administration | |
| Archdiocese | Patriarchal Exarchate for Orthodox Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe |
| Clergy | |
| Archbishop | John of Dubna |
The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Saint-Alexandre-Nevsky, Russian: Собор Святого Александра Невского, romanized: Sobor Svyatogo Aleksandra Nyevskogo) is a Russian Orthodox cathedral church located at 12 Rue Daru in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. The closest métro station is Courcelles 
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The Cathedral is the under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Orthodox Churches of Russian Tradition in Western Europe, based in Istanbul. It should not be confused with the Holy Trinity Cathedral and the Russian Orthodox Spiritual and Cultural Center, which opened in Paris in 2016, under the authority of the Moscow patriarch and Russian government.
Services in the main cathedral are conducted in Church Slavonic. Some services the Crypt are conducted in French.
- ^ Base Mérimée: Cathédrale orthodoxe Saint-Alexandre-Nevsky, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)