Metropolitan Dimitrios of France paid a pastoral visit to the Metropolitan Region of Southern France on the weekend of March 18-20, 2022.
On the afternoon of Friday, March 18, he presided over the Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Holy Trinity in Toulon, and on Saturday, March 19, the Divine Liturgy at the Church of Saint Irene in the French-speaking Parish of Marseille. On the second Sunday of Lent, March 20, the Metropolitan performed the Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos in Marseille. The Metropolitan of France also ordained Presbyter Chrysostomos Rey and Protopresbyter Zean Jauffret. The consular harbor master of Marseille, the President of the Greek Association of Marseille, the President of the Greek Community of Aix, and many faithful attended the service.