The Ecumencial Patriarchate
The first modern Orthodox congregation, St. Nikolai Orthodox Church, is under the juridstriction of the Patriarchal Exarchate for Orthodox Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe. While this adhers to the Russian or Slavic tradition, the Norwegian language is always used along with Slavonic and at times used exclusively. This reflects the missionary tradition of the Orthodox Church, as in for example the work of Sts. Cyril and Methodius, renowned for helping to create a local alphabet (Cyrillic) in order to translate both the Holy Bible as well as the various liturgical books of the Orthodox Church.
The Patriarchal Exarchate for Orthodox Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe has a total of three priests and one hierodeacon in Norway, two of the priests residing in the Oslo area and one at Greipstad in Songdalen near Kristiansand. The priest in Songdalen is in charge of St. Herman of Alaska Orthodox Community. There are several affiliate or mission communities in Bergen and Stavanger as well as a chapel in Bygstad and St. George's chapel at Neiden. In addition there is a small skete dedicated to St. Tryphon of Pechenga, home to two monks.
The Greek Community
See also: Greeks in NorwayThe primarily Greek congregation of the Annunciation of the Theotokos was founded in 1965 with main purpose of serving the Greek-speaking Orthodox community in Norway. This church sorts under Metropolitan Pavlos Menevissoglou of "Sweden and all of Scandinavia", and is based in Stockholm. The congregation celebrates the Divine Liturgy approximately once a month through the services of Archimandrite Evmenios Likakis or other Greek clergy who travel to Oslo for the occasion.
Read more about this topic: Orthodoxy In Norway