A small Russian Orthodox church burned Sunday in Paris, AFP learned from firefighters, without it being known whether the fire was of criminal or accidental origin.
The interior of the Saint-Séraphin-de-Sarov church, a very small wooden building in the 15th arrondissement of the capital, "was completely destroyed by fire" in the afternoon, without causing any victims, have said the firefighters.
Three people present gave the alert.
Unlike Catholics, Orthodox do not celebrate Easter on the weekend of April 16 and 17, but on April 23 and 24, according to the Julian calendar.
The origin of the fire not known this Sunday
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, several places associated with Russia have been targeted by acts of vandalism.
The origin of the fire was not known on Sunday, said the firefighters who asked the laboratory of the Prefecture of police to investigate.
The main places of Russian Orthodox worship in Paris are the Saint-Alexandre-Nevsky Cathedral in the 8th arrondissement and the Sainte-Trinité Cathedral, on the banks of the Seine and near the Eiffel Tower, in the 7th arrondissement.
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