The Archdiocese of Belgium and exarchate of the Netherlands and Luxembourg is a jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, covering the Low Countries.
Liturgy is celebrated in Greek in the majority of parishes, but there are others with services in Dutch, French, German, Polish, and Arabic.
In 1760, Greek merchants arranged for the liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom to be translated into Dutch, and 1000 copies were printed and distributed.
An example is the first Dutch-speaking Orthodox parish that was founded in Ghent in 1972, on the initiative of Ignace Peckstadt, and dedicated to the Apostle Saint Andrew, patron of the Church of Constantinople.
Other parishes were founded, where liturgy is celebrated mainly in the local language, in Bruges, Kortrijk, Ostend, Hasselt, Eindhoven, The Hague, Tilburg, Eupen, Brussels and Tournai.
Auxiliary bishop Athenagoras Peckstadt was unanimously elected as his successor, metropolitan of Belgium and exarch of the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
Athenagoras Peckstadt is thus heading the Orthodox church in Belgium, the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
The metropolitan of Belgium and exarch of the Netherlands and Luxembourg of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople represents the whole of the Orthodox Church.
In 2013, articles of association, regulating the organization of this representation, were registered and an advisory board was set up to assist the representative.