APOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS
TO GEORGIA AND AZERBAIJAN
(30 SEPTEMBER - 2 OCTOBER 2016)
Live video transmission by CTV
(Vatican Television Center)
Friday, 30 September 2016
09:00 | Departure from Rome's Fiumicino airport for Tbilisi Greeting to journalists during the flight to Georgia [Italian] |
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15:00 | Arrival at the International Airport of Tbilisi Welcoming ceremony |
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15:30 | Courtesy visit to the President of the Republic at the Presidential Palace | |
16:00 | Meeting with the Authorities, the Civil Society and the Diplomatic Corps in the Courtyard of the Presidential Palace [Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish] |
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16:40 | Meeting with His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II, Catholicos and Patriarch of All Georgia at the Patriarchal Palace [Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish] |
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18:00 | Meeting with the Assyrian-Chaldean Community at the Catholic Chaldean Church of St. Simon Bar Sabbae [Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish] |
Saturday, 1 October 2016
10:00 | Holy Mass at M. Meskhi Stadium [Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish] |
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15:45 | Meeting with Priests, Religious, Seminarians and Pastoral Workers gathered in the church of the Assumption [Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish] |
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17:00 | Meeting with people assisted and operators of the Works of Charity of the Church before the Assistance Centre of the Camillian Order [Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish] |
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18:15 | Visit to the Svietiskhoveli Patriarchal Cathedral in Mskheta [Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish] |
Sunday, 2 October 2016
07:55 | Farewell ceremony at the International Airport of Tbilisi | |
08:10 | Departure by plane for Baku | |
09:30 | Arrival at “Heydar Aliyev” International Airport of Baku | |
Official welcome | ||
10:30 | Holy Mass at the church of the Immaculate in the Salesian Centre in Baku [Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish] Angelus |
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12:45 | Luncheon with the Salesian Community and the Papal Entourage | |
15:30 | Welcoming Protocol Ceremony in the Square of the Presidential Palace in Ganjlik | |
Courtesy visit to the President of the Republic at the Presidential Palace in Ganjlik | ||
16:30 | Visit to the Monument to soldiers killed in the Wars of Independence | |
17:00 | Meeting with the Authorities at “Heydar Aliyev” Centre [Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish] |
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17:45 | Private meeting with the Sheikh of the Caucasus Muslims at “Heydar Aliyev” Mosque | |
18:00 | Interreligious meeting with the Sheikh and with the Representatives of the different Religious Communities of the country [Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish] |
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19:00 | Farewell ceremony at the Airport of Baku | |
19:15 | Departure by plane for Rome In-Flight Press Conference from Azerbaijan to Rome [English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish] |
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22:00 | Arrival at Ciampino Airport in Rome |
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time zones
Rome: +2h UTC
Tbilisi: +4h UTC
Baku: +4h UTC
Bulletin of the Holy See Press Office, 12 September 2016
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