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APOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS FRANCIS
TO CYPRUS AND GREECE

2-6 DECEMBER 2021

 

Apostolic Journey of the Holy Father to Cyprus and Greece (2-6 December 2021) Apostolic Journey of the Holy Father to Cyprus and Greece (2-6 December 2021)

 

 

Thursday, 2 December 2021
 

ROME - LARNACA - NICOSIA

11:00 Departure by airplane from Rome/Fiumicino International Airport for Larnaca
  Greeting to journalists on the flight to Cyprus
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 Grace in Nicosia
17:15 WELCOME CEREMONY at the Presidential Palace in Nicosia
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

 

Friday, 3 December 2021
 

NICOSIA

8:30 COURTESY VISIT TO HIS BEATITUDE CHRYSOSTOMOS II, ORTHODOX ARCHBISHOP OF CYPRUS at the Orthodox Archbishopric of Cyprus in Nicosia
9:00 MEETING WITH THE HOLY SYNOD at the Orthodox Cathedral in Nicosia
10:00 HOLY MASS at the “GSP Stadium” in Nicosia
16:00 ECUMENICAL PRAYER WITH MIGRANTS at the Parish Church of the Holy Cross in Nicosia

 

Saturday, 4 December 2021
 

NICOSIA - LARNACA - ATHENS

9:10 FAREWELL CEREMONY at Larnaca International Airport
9:30 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
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 FRANCIS WITH THE RESPECTIVE ENTOURAGES in the “Throne Room” of the Orthodox Archbishopric of Greece in Athens
17:15 MEETING WITH BISHOPS, PRIESTS, RELIGIOUS, CONSECRATED PERSONS, SEMINARIANS, CATECHISTS at the Cathedral of Saint Dionysius in Athens
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

9:15 Departure by airplane for Mytilene
10:10 Arrival at Mytilene Airport
10:45 VISIT TO THE REFUGEES at "Reception and Identification Centre" in Mytilene
12:15 Departure by airplane for Athens
13:10 Arrival at Athens International Airport
16:45 HOLY MASS at “Megaron Concert Hall” in Athens
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

8:15 VISIT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE PARLIAMENT at the Apostolic Nunciature in Athens
9:45 MEETING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE at the Saint Dionysius School of the Ursuline Sisters in Maroussi, Athens
11:15 FAREWELL CEREMONY at Athens International Airport
11:30 Departure by airplane for Rome
  Press Conference on the return flight to Rome
12:35 Arrival at Rome/Ciampino International Airport

 

Time zones
   
Rome +1h UTC
Larnaca +2h UTC
Athens +2h UTC
Lesvos +2h UTC


Bulletin of the Holy See Press Office
, 13 November 2021



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