History
Dedicated to Saint Job, the Old-Testament saint whose unshakeable faith the Lord chose to prove through manifold, the church is dedicated to the memory of the last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II, whose birthday coincided with the Feast of Saint Job, and to that of the imperial family, murdered by the communist authorities on the 17th July 1918. The church also serves as a memorial to all the victims of the revolution and civil war in Russia, fallen since the Bolshevik take-over in October 1917.
Parish within the Church
In the decree of April 3, 1964, Mgr. Antony declared: "In taking the direction in Brussels of the Church of St Job the Great Martyr, I think it is appropriate and necessary to establish a parish near it." Indeed, until that date, the Church was "stavropegic", that is to say, it was directly subordinated to the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad. On September 6, 1964, under the chairmanship of Mgr. Antony, a general meeting of the founders of the parish, registered on the register of the Church.
Church of St. Job
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Eglise orthodoxe russe Saint Job