On 26 March 2012, Patriarch Gregorios III presided at the funeral of the former Superior General of the Basilian Salvatorian Order (1989-95), former Patriarchal Vicar for Tyre (1985-8) and long-time parish priest of Beit Sahour in Palestine, Archimandrite Boulos (Paul) Samaha BS.
Patriarch Gregorios then went to Bkerkeh for a meeting of the Eastern Catholic Patriarchs.
Later the same day, he met with Italian Minister for International Co-operation and Integration Andrea Riccardi and the Italian Ambassador to Lebanon Giuseppe Morabito in Rabweh.