FULL PROGRAM FOR THE VISIT OF POPE FRANCIS TO CYPRUS (DEC. 2-4) AND GREECE (DEC. 4-6)

FULL PROGRAM FOR THE VISIT OF POPE FRANCIS TO CYPRUS (DEC. 2-4) AND GREECE (DEC. 4-6). 

Thursday, 2 December 2021

ROME - LARNACA - NICOSIA
11:00
   Departure by airplane from Rome/Fiumicino International Airport for Larnaca   
15:00
   Arrival at Larnaca International Airport
    15:00
OFFICIAL WELCOME at Larnaca International Airport
    
16:00
    MEETING WITH PRIESTS, CONSACRATED PERSONS, DEACONS, CATECHISTS, ECCLESIAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MOVEMENTS OF CYPRUS at the Maronite Cathedral of Our Lady of Gracein Nicosia    
Address of the Holy Father
17:15
  
WELCOME CEREMONY at the Presidential Palace in Nicosi   
17:30
   COURTESY VISIT TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC in the private office at the Presidential Palace in Nicosia
    18:00
   
MEETING WITH AUTHORITIES, CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS in the “Ceremonial Hall” of the Presidential Palace in Nicosia
   Address of the Holy Father      
Friday, 3 December 2021
NICOSIA
08:30
    

COURTESY VISIT TO HIS BEATITUDE CHRYSOSTOMOS II, ORTHODOX ARCHBISHOP OF CYPRUS at the Orthodox Archbishopric of Cyprus in Nicosia
    09:00
   MEETING WITH THE HOLY SYNOD at the Orthodox Cathedral in Nicosia
 Address of the Holy Father
10:00
   HOLY MASS at the “GSP Stadium” in Nicosia
   Homily of the Holy Father
16:00
 
ECUMENICAL PRAYER WITH MIGRANTS at the Parish Church of the Holy Cross in Nicosia
   Address of the Holy Father     
Saturday, 4 December 2021
NICOSIA - LARNACA - ATHENS
09:10
   FAREWELL CEREMONY at Larnaca International Airport
    09:30
   Departure by airplane for Athens
   11:10
   Arrival at Athens International Airport
   11:10
   OFFICIAL WELCOME at Athens International Airport
  12:00
   WELCOME CEREMONY at the Presidential Palace in Athens
    
12:15
   
COURTESY VISIT TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC in the private office at the Presidential Palace in Athens
    
12:30
   MEETING WITH THE PRIME MINISTER at the Presidential Palace in Athens
    12:45
   
MEETING WITH AUTHORITIES, CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS at the Presidential Palace in Athens
   Address of the Holy Father
16:00
 

COURTESY VISIT TO HIS BEATITUDE HIERONYMOS II, ARCHBISHOP OF ATHENS AND ALL GREECE at the Orthodox Archbishopric of Greece in Athens
    
16:30
   
MEETING OF HIS BEATITUDE HIERONYMOS II AND HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS WITH THE RESPECTIVE ENTOURAGES in the “Throne Room” of the Orthodox Archbishopric of Greece in Athens
   Address of the Holy Father
17:15
   
MEETING WITH BISHOPS, PRIESTS, RELIGIOUS, CONSECRATED PERSONS, SEMINARIANS, CATECHISTS at the Cathedral of Saint Dionysius in Athens
 Address of the Holy Father
18:45
   
PRIVATE MEETING WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY OF JESUS at the Apostolic Nunciature in Athens
              
Sunday, 5 December 2021
ATHENS - MYTILENE (LESVOS) - ATHENS
09:15
   Departure by airplane for Mytilene
   10:10
   Arrival at Mytilene Airport
10:45
VISIT TO THE REFUGEES at "Reception and Identification Centre" in Mytilene
   Address of the Holy Father
Angelus
12:15
Departure by airplane for Athens
    13:10
   Arrival at Athens International Airport
    16:45
 
HOLY MASS at “Megaron Concert Hall” in Athens
  Homily of the Holy Father
19:00

COURTESY VISIT OF HIS BEATITUDE HIERONYMOS II TO THE HOLY FATHER at the Apostolic Nunciature in Athens
         
Monday, 6 December 2021
ATHENS - ROME
08:15
   
VISIT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE PARLIAMENT at the Apostolic Nunciature in Athens
    09:45
   MEETING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE at the Saint Dionysius School of the Ursuline Sisters in Maroussi, Athens
   Address of the Holy Father
11:15
   
FAREWELL CEREMONY at Athens International Airport
11:30 
Departure by airplane for Rome  
12:3 
Arrival at Rome/Ciampino International Airport

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