The medieval cathedral, which was ravaged by a fire in 2019, has been reconstructed in a painstaking 700m (580m) effort that took just five years, involving the application of carpentry methods dating to the 13th century and enabled with donations from 150 countries.
Speaking before Saturday's opening ceremony, Macron said: The shock of the reopening will - I believe and I want to believe - be as strong as that of the fire, but it will be a shock of hope.
On Sunday, which marks the annual feast of the Immaculate Conception, the archbishop will hold an inaugural mass that Notre Dame's rector said would be attended by people in need: the poorest among Parisians.
The service continues with the awakening of the great organ, which has not been heard since the fire, a solemn blessing and the singing of the Te Deum.
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