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Friday,
4 May 2001
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ITALY
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Fiumicino
(Rome)
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08.30 |
DEPARTURE
by airplane from Leonardo da
Vinci International Airport of
Fiumicino (Rome) for Athens (Greece). |
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GREECE
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Spata
(Athens)
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11.30 |
ARRIVAL
at the new international airport
of Spata (Athens). |
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Athens
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12.15 |
ARRIVAL
at the Presidential Palace of
Athens. |
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WELCOME
CEREMONY
in the
Garden of the Presidential
Palace of Athens. |
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12.45 |
COURTESY
VISIT TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE
HELLENIC REPUBLIC
at the
Presidential Palace of Athens.
Speech by the Holy Father
. |
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13.30 |
ARRIVAL
at the Orthodox Archdiocesan
Palace of Athens. |
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COURTESY
VISIT TO HIS BEATITUDE
CHRISTODOULOS, ARCHBISHOP OF
ATHENS AND PRIMATE OF GREECE
at the
Orthodox Archdiocesan Palace of
Athens.
Speech by the Holy Father
. |
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14.30 |
ARRIVAL
at the Apostolic Nunciature of
Athens. |
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MEETING
WITH THE CATHOLIC BISHOPS OF
GREECE
at the
Apostolic Nunciature of Athens.
Speech by the Holy Father
. |
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17.45 |
ARRIVAL
at the Catholic Cathedral of
Athens. |
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PRIVATE
VISIT TO THE CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL
of Athens. |
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18.30 |
ARRIVAL
at the Areopagus of Athens. |
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PILGRIMAGE
TO THE AREOPAGUS IN MEMORY OF ST.
PAUL THE APOSTLE
near to
the great hill of the Areopagus
of Athens.
Documentation
on St. Paul the Apostle in
Athens
[English,
Italian] |
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19.45 |
ARRIVAL
at the Apostolic Nunciature of
Athens. |
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20.15 |
COURTESY
VISIT BY HIS BEATITUDE
CHRISTODOULOS TO THE HOLY FATHER
at the
Apostolic Nunciature of Athens. |
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Saturday,
5 May 2001
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08.00 |
ARRIVAL
at the Sacristy of the Sport
Palace of Athens. |
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08.15 |
HOLY
MASS
at the
Sport Palace in the complex of
the Olympic Center of Athens.
Homily by the Holy Father
. |
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Spata
(Athens)
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11.15 |
ARRIVAL
at the new International Airport
of Spata (Athens). |
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FAREWELL CEREMONY
at the new International Airport
of Spata (Athens). |
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11.45 |
DEPARTURE
by airplane from the new
International Airport of Spata (Athens)
to Damascus (Syria). |
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SYRIA
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Damascus
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14.00 |
ARRIVAL
at the International Airport of
Damascus. |
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WELCOME
CEREMONY
at the
International Airport of
Damascus.
Speech by the Holy Father
. |
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17.45 |
ARRIVAL
at the Presidential Palace of
Damascus. |
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COURTESY
VISIT TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
at the
Presidential Palace of Damascus. |
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18.55 |
ARRIVAL
at the Greek-Orthodox Cathedral
of Damascus. |
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19.00 |
ECUMENICAL
MEETING
at the
Greek-Orthodox Cathedral of
Damascus.
Speech by the Holy Father.
Documentation
on the Greek-Orthodox Cathedral
of Damascus
[English,
Italian] |
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Sunday,
6 May 2001
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09.00 |
ARRIVAL
at the Abbassyin Stadium of
Damascus. |
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09.15 |
ARRIVAL
at the Sacristy in the Abbassyin
Stadium of Damascus. |
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09.30 |
HOLY
MASS
at the
Abbassyin Stadium of Damascus.
Homily by the Holy Father
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PRAYER
OF THE "REGINA COELI"
at the
Abbassyin Stadium of Damascus.
Words by the Holy Father
. |
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12.30 |
ARRIVAL
at the Greek-Catholic
Patriarchate of Damascus. |
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13.00 |
MEETING
WITH PATRIARCHS AND BISHOPS OF
SYRIA
at the
Greek-Catholic Patriarchate of
Damascus.
Speech by the Holy Father.
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17.00 |
ARRIVAL
at the Syrian-Orthodox Cathedral
of Damascus. |
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MEETING
WITH CLERGY, RELIGIOUS AND
CHRISTIAN LAITY OF THE ORTHODOX
AND CATHOLIC CHURCHES OF SYRIA
at the
Syrian-Orthodox Cathedral of
Damascus.
Speech by the Holy Father.
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18.15 |
ARRIVAL
AT THE OMAYYAD GREAT MOSQUE OF
DAMASCUS, VISIT
TO THE ST. JOHN BAPTIST’S
MEMORIAL
and
MEETING WITH THE MUSLIM
LEADERS
.
Speech by the Holy Father.
Documentation
on the Omayyad Great Mosque
[English,
Italian] |
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Monday,
7 May 2001
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07.30 |
Holy
Mass in private
in the
Chapel of the Apostolic
Nunciature of Damascus.. |
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09.15 |
ARRIVAL
at the Church of St. Paul on the
Wall in the Bab Kissan gate of
the old Walls of Damascus. |
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VISIT
TO THE CHURCH OF ST. PAUL ON THE
WALL
in the Bab
Kissan gate of the old Walls of
Damascus. |
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09.45 |
ARRIVAL
at the St. Paul’s Memorial of
Damascus. |
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VISIT
TO THE ST. PAUL’S MEMORIAL
of
Damascus.
Documentation
on the Custody of the Holy Land,
to which the St. Paul's Memorial
is entrusted
[English,
Italian] |
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10.15 |
DEPARTURE
by car for Qunaytra. |
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Qunaytra
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11.15 |
ARRIVAL
at the Greek-Orthodox Church in
Qunaytra. |
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PRAYER
FOR PEACE
at the
Greek-Orthodox Church in
Qunaytra, at the Golan Heights.
Prayer by the Holy Father
.
Documentation
on Qunaytra
[English,
Italian] |
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12.00 |
DEPARTURE
by car for Damascus. |
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Damascus
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13.00 |
ARRIVAL
at the Apostolic Nunciature of
Damascus. |
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17.40 |
ARRIVAL
at the Greek-Catholic Cathedral
of Damascus. |
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17.45 |
YOUTH
MEETING
at the
Greek-Catholic Cathedral of
Damascus.
Speech by the Holy Father
. |
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Tuesday,
8 May 2001
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07.30 |
Holy
Mass in private
in the
Chapel of the Apostolic
Nunciature of Damascus. |
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10.15 |
Farewell
from the Apostolic Nunciature
of
Damascus. |
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11.00 |
Arrival
at the International Airport of
Damascus. |
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FAREWELL
CEREMONY
at the
International Airport of
Damascus.
Greeting by the Holy Father
. |
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11.30 |
DEPARTURE
by airplane from the
International Airport of
Damascus to Gudja (Malta). |
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MALTA
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Gudja
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14.00 |
ARRIVAL
at Gudja International Airport. |
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WELCOME
CEREMONY
at Gudja
International Airport.
Speech by the Holy Father
. |
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Valletta
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18.00 |
ARRIVAL
at the Presidential Palace of
Valletta. |
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COURTESY
VISIT TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE
REPUBLIC
at the
Presidential Palace of Valletta. |
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Wednesday,
9 May 2001
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Floriana
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09.00 |
ARRIVAL
at the "Granaries" of
Floriana. |
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09.30 |
HOLY
MASS WITH BEATIFICATIONS
in the
"Granaries" of
Floriana.
Homily by the Holy Father.
Documentation
on the Holy Mass and the "Granaries"
[English, Italian] |
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Rabat
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12.45 |
ARRIVAL
at the Apostolic Nunciature of
Rabat. |
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13.00 |
MEETING
WITH THE BISHOPS OF MALTA
at the
Apostolic Nunciature of Rabat. |
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Hamrun
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16.30 |
ARRIVAL
at the Church of the Center of
the Society of Christian
Doctrine at Hamrun. |
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VISIT
AT THE TOMB OF THE VENERABLE FR.
GEORGE PRECA
in the
Church of the Center of the
Society of Christian Doctrine at
Hamrun.
Documentation
on Fr. George Preca
[English,
Italian] |
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MEETING
WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE "SOCIETAS
DOCTRINAE CRISTIANAE"
in the
Auditorium of the Center of the
Society of Christian Doctrine at
Hamrun.
Speech by the Holy Father.
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Gudja
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18.30 |
ARRIVAL
at Gudja International Airport. |
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FAREWELL
CEREMONY
at Gudja
International Airport.
Greeting by the Holy Father.
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19.00 |
DEPARTURE
by airplane from Gudja
International Airport to Rome. |
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ITALY
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Ciampino
(Rome)
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20.30 |
ARRIVAL
at Ciampino Airport (Rome). |
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Time
lag
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Rome
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+ 2 UTC
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Greece
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+ 3 UTC
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Syria
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+ 3 UTC
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Malta
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+ 2 UTC
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