Chapelle orthodoxe grecque de la Dormition-de-la-Vierge de Salin-de-Giraud

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The Church of Dormition of the Mother of God (in modern Greek: Following the installation in the region of many Greeks, who joined France during the First World War or as refugees of late Ottoman genocides, the Greek-Turkish war and a series of events known as the Great Disaster, the Greek community of Salin-de-Giraud began to establish informal religious networks. - being in connection with the community of Port-de-Bouc, for example, for its sacraments. In 1953, after a fundraiser within the community, a warehouse abandoned by the company of the Salins du Midi was rented to serve as a welcome place for the new church.

It was built in 1953 and consecrated by Jérémie Calligiorgis. In the following years, many priests followed each other, often the same as those of Port-de-Bouc, Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône or Marseilles - other communities close geographically. The parish participates in many events and...