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Can anyone help with finding the "best" Eastern liturgy in Paris ? I am very out of date with the Paris churches and I would like to take my daughter to an Eastern rite liturgy that is beautiful,impressive and well executed. Sorry, that all sounds rather awful. We won't be in Paris for a long time and can't do a lot of church crawling or liturgy sampling. I wonder if anyone knows what would impress a young latin Rite traditionalist girl ? Thank you very much.

The Melkite Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre [en.wikipedia.org] is a very short walk from Notre Dame: Matins followed by the Divine Liturgy (in Arabic as I recall) when we were there about 18 months ago. It has a serene garden and a church that filled by the DL time but was not packed. This is not a tourist church but one that serves an actual local community.

Thanks so much. I know it. It's close to S Nicolas du Chardonnet where we usually worship when in Paris. There is also a very nice little "Arts Monastique" shop beside it. I have never been to a Liturgy at S Julian and that's why I was asking. Thanks so much.

St. Julien-le-Pauvre, where I have been privileged to serve at the Altar, and where I recently made my Change of sui iuris Church! Incredibly special place, and the community is very wholesome. It's arguably the most beautiful church in Paris, and we know that it is almost certainly the oldest church in the city (as it was defined in the medieval boundaries) which has some interesting consequences. In fact, it was formally a chapel to the University of Paris, which meant that it hosted such personalities as: St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Bonaventure, Bl. John Duns Scotus, Dante Alighieri, and perhaps even Martin Luther. It is quite a thought that St. Thomas himself may have celebrated Mass there. That historical point might be of interest to any "Latin Rite traditionalist".

For Divine Liturgy, bear in mind that during the summer months we don't have any Divine Liturgies on the weekdays - at St. Julien, we normally only do Tuesdays and Thursdays, at 12:30 - but the Sunday Liturgy is always celebrated at 11am. On a practical level, we also have a trilingual praxis: you'll hear French, Arabic and Greek. This has been a very important point for us. We remain attached to our liturgical heritage, and to our communities in the Holy Land, but we also adapt to the French society of which we're part. By contrast, you'll find the Maronites almost exclusively use Arabic and Aramaic, which can make it difficult to engage with their Liturgy.

Otherwise, the Russian Cathedral at Rue Daru is a nice option. The Parish of St. Seraphim at Rue Lecourbe also seems to be getting very popular, and the Russian Catholics have a Parish in the 16e Arrd. However, I have to say that my own taste is more to the Greek Byzantine Rite than the Slavic Byzantine Rite.

While we're at it, the Chaldeans have a great little Church near Stalingrad (metro station), and it's always beautifully celebrated. Worth giving it a look, but we might see you at St. Julien, and St. Julien would definitely be my recommendation.

My apologies for not replying sooner ! This is just the sort of information I was seeking. We usually go to S Nicolas du Chardonnet but I was keen for my daughter to see something of the Catholic East. I am one of those liturgy collectors and although I have visited S Julien many times I have never been to the Liturgy. It's interesting with all the talk of "schismatics" these days, that in the large Crypt of S Sulpice there is a large and lively Orthodox community (Schismatics ???) worshipping there on Sundays. They have some food afterwards which they generously shared.
Thank you for all the very useful information. It is good of you.