{"id":15712,"date":"2026-07-09T15:34:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T15:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/pays\/france\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T07:03:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T07:03:19","slug":"france","status":"publish","type":"pays","link":"https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/en\/pays\/france\/","title":{"rendered":"France"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Country Addition Test<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is a long tradition in France of taking an interest in Eastern Christians. The French should make an effort to learn about the Eastern Churches in France, to recognize them, and to engage with them. They should realize that this entire heritage is \u2018right at their fingertips.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">&quot;In Paris, Lyon, Marseille, and other cities across France, there are these Eastern Catholic communities that live and celebrate every Sunday&quot; \u2013 Bishop Pascal Gollnisch, former director general of the \u0152uvre d\u2019Orient.<\/p>\n\n\n<section class=\"contenu-image contenu-image--image-texte contenu-image--gold\" data-component=\"15-contenu-image\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"contenu-image__inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"contenu-image__media\">\n\t\t\t\t<img class=\"contenu-image__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/wp-content\/themes\/oeuvre-orient\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/temoignage-default.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"contenu-image__body\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"contenu-image__title\">Discover the Eastern Churches<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"contenu-image__filet\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contenu-image__text\"><p>The Eastern Churches are as old as Christianity itself. Indeed, it was in the East that the Church was born, and it was from the East that it spread throughout the Empire. Three distinct stages can be identified.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contenu-image__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"btn btn-dark contenu-image__cta\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/les-eglises-orientales\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Eastern Churches\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"contenu-image__motif\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/wp-content\/themes\/oeuvre-orient\/assets\/images\/icones\/croix-jerusalem.svg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\">\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Country Addition Test \u201cThere is a long tradition in France of taking an interest in Eastern Christians. 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