"The municipality comprises the district of Recklinghausen and the district of Wesel, parts of the district Coesfeld and the cities of Gelsenkirchen and Herne.It has about 3000 members and is part of the Greek Orthodox Metropolitan in Bonn, which is the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (Istanbul) is subordinate ,
The eponym is Saint Dimitrios, who is especially revered in northern Greece in the vicinity of Thessaloniki, where a large part of the parishioners has its roots. Archpriest of the parish is Father Apostolos Amvrasis. With the help of his staff, the parishioners, the city of Herten and other donors, the dream of building a Greek Orthodox church in Herten was realized.