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Worship Christian
Champs-Elysées/Musée du Louvre (PARIS 08)  
CATHEDRALE SAINT ALEXANDRE NEWSKI Champs-Elysées/Musée du Louvre (PARIS 08) Open to visitors on tuesday and friday from 3.00pm to 5.00pm. On sunday : 10.00am - 12.30am / 3.00pm - 6.00pm. Religious office : on sunday at 10.15am, vespers and matins at 6.00pm. DOME / EGLISE DU DOME / TOMBEAU DE NAPOLEON - HOTEL NATIONAL DES INVALIDES Saint-Germain-des-Prés/Musée d'Orsay/Montparnasse (PARIS 07) Architecture The dome by J. Hardouin Mansart, built between 1679 and 1706 magnificently crowns the building. It is the finest dome ever built in France and its 107-metre-high lantern was regilded... 
EGLISE COPTE ORTHODOXE SAINT MARCEL Bercy/Tolbiac/Bois de Vincennes (PARIS 13) Open on saturday from 4.00pm to 7.30pm and on sunday from 8.30am to 12.00am. Religious office : on sunday at 9.00am and 10.30am. Champs-Elysées/Musée du Louvre (PARIS 08) Sculpture | History | Painting | Decorative Arts | Mosaics | Organ The Madeleine Church was at the beginning of the XIXth century and dedicated to Napoleon's Grande Armée. Its architecture was inspired by antique temples and the church was adorned... 
EGLISE DE NOTRE DAME D'AUTEUIL Passy/Bois de Boulogne (PARIS 16) The architecture of Notre-Dame d'Auteuil (built between 1877 and 1892 by Vaudremer) was inspired by Romanesque architecture. Beautiful bust of the Virgin by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux.  EGLISE DE NOTRE DAME DE L'ASSOMPTION Passy/Bois de Boulogne (PARIS 16) 
Saint-Germain-des-Prés/Musée d'Orsay/Montparnasse (PARIS 14) Religious service : on sunday at 10.30am, during the week : on thursday at 3.00pm and on wednesday at 7.30pm 
EGLISE REFORMEE DE L'ORATOIRE DU LOUVRE Champs-Elysées/Louvre (PARIS 01) Organ Religious service : on sunday at 10.30am, during the week : 7.00pm on the second monday of each month. This Protestant church used to be the church of a Catholic monastery. It's a good... 
Notre-Dame/Quartier Latin (PARIS 05) Sculpture | Painting The church and the monastery of the Val-de-Grâce was built in the middle of the XVIIth century by Queen Anne of Austria to thank God for Louis XIV's birth. Since the Revolution, the... 
EGLISE SAINTE JEANNE DE CHANTAL Tour Eiffel/Trocadéro (PARIS 16) The Sainte-Jeanne-de-Chantal church is an example of the vast, spectacular churches that were built at the beginning and the first part of our century at the periphery of Paris. 20... 
Notre-Dame/Quartier Latin (PARIS 05) The Saint-Ephrem Church belongs to the Syrian Church. Montmartre/Pigalle/Trinité | Opéra/Grands boulevards (PARIS 09) Painting The Trinité was built by Théodore Ballu (who rebuilt the Town Hall) between 1861 and 1867. He used the modern material of this age, which was metal. The decoration of the church was... Marais/Les Halles (PARIS 01) Saint-Eustache is one of the most beautiful churches of Paris. Its architecture mixes different style: its construction lasted from 1532 to 1637 and still keeps a gothic silhouette. A... Saint-Germain-des-Prés/Musée d'Orsay/Montparnasse (PARIS 06) The beautiful nave of Saint-Germain-des-Prés church is the only remaining vestige of romanesquearchitecture in Paris. The choir was built later Beautiful gothic capitals in the... 
Passy/Bois de Boulogne (PARIS 16) An interesting "Adoration of the Shepherds" by Tintoretto. 
EGLISE SAINT LOUIS DE LA SALPETRIERE Bercy/Tolbiac/Bois de Vincennes (PARIS 13) Meridian sundial with eyepiece. Southern facade facing the gardens behind the church. EGLISE SAINT LOUIS DES INVALIDES - HOTEL NATIONAL DES INVALIDES Saint-Germain-des-Prés/Musée d'Orsay/Montparnasse (PARIS 07) Architecture Saint-Louis-des-Invalides Church (including the Soldiers' Church and the Dome's Church) houses the graves of the governors of the Invalides, and also many Marshals of France and... Marais/Les Halles | Notre-Dame/Quartier Latin (PARIS 04) Saint-Louis-en-l'Ile Church was built between 1664 and 1726 (plans by Le Vau, the royal architect of Versailles) and dedicated to Saint Louis. Curious church tower and clock (XVIIIth... 
EGLISE SAINT PIERRE DE CHAILLOT Tour Eiffel/Trocadéro | Passy/Bois de Boulogne (PARIS 16) Very original carved decoration by Henri Brouchard who drew his inspiration from Romanesque tradition. Carved Christ and carved decorations on the façade.  
Opéra/Grands boulevards (PARIS 01) Saint Roch Church was built between 1653 and 1754. Diderot, Corneille and Le Nôtre (who realized the gardens of Versailles) were burried in this church, which has the... 
Notre-Dame/Quartier Latin (PARIS 05) Stained-glass windows | Stamps XIIIth and XVth centuries church (superb example of gothic style). In the church tower, the older bell in Paris (XVth century). Inside: XVIIth century choir, wreathed pillar, XVIIth... Saint-Germain-des-Prés/Musée d'Orsay/Montparnasse (PARIS 06) Painting | Gravestones | Panelling | Frescoes | Organ The Church was built during the XVIIth and the XVIIIth centuries, and so its architecture reflects the evolution of taste during this period. Inside: sculptures, paintings (Van Loo),... 
Saint-Germain-des-Prés/Musée d'Orsay/Montparnasse (PARIS 07) This chapel used to belong to a monastery, which is now occupied by the Army. It was built in the XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries. Beautiful painted ceiling (XVIIIth century). 
Saint-Julien-Le-Pauvre (Eglise) Notre-Dame / Quartier Latin (PARIS 05) In front of the Square Viviani (in which you can see the oldest tree in Paris: it was planted in 1620) stand Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre (where people say Dante may have pray). It was built... 
Tour Eiffel/Trocadéro | Saint-Germain-des-Prés/Musée d'Orsay/Montparnasse (PARIS 07)
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Churches are for the most part open every day of the year, between 9am and 7pm, except the Sacré Cœur which closes at 11pm.
Try to avoid visiting during the services.