On Saturday, July 3, 2021, Elder Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon presided over the Divine Liturgy in the Church of the Vicariate of the Metropolis of France where he ordained a new presbyter.
The Elder Metropolitan presided over the sitting of the General Assembly of the Vicariate where the message of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew was read, as reported by fanarion.blogspot.com.