Image copyright Catholic Diocese of Rouen HOThe French church where an elderly priest was murdered by Islamist extremists is due to re-open for the first time since the attack on 26 July.
Parishioners are gathering in the small town of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, in Normandy, for a procession and solemn ceremony.
Tributes will be paid to Father Jacques Hamel at a special Mass.
The attack was claimed by two followers of so-called Islamic State, who were shot dead by police afterwards.
The attackers slit the priest"s throat at the foot of the altar in front of parishioners after bursting into the church during Mass.
Thousands attended Fr Hamel"s funeral in the city of Rouen.
"He was a good priest," said Mafalda Pace, 81, who lives just next door to the 16th-Century church.
"I always went to see him and he never refused to be of service," she told AFP news agency.
Members of the local Muslim community have promised to join the procession.
The killing of Fr Hamel shocked France, and came after an attack that killed 86 people on Bastille Day when an Islamist drove a lorry into crowds in the southern city of Nice.
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