Index   Back Top Print

[ AR  - DE  - EN  - ES  - FR  - IT  - PL  - PT ]

APOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS
TO GEORGIA AND AZERBAIJAN

(30 SEPTEMBER - 2 OCTOBER 2016)

Apostolic Journey of the Holy Father to Georgia and Azerbaijan, 30 September - 2 October 2016

 

Live video transmission by CTV
(Vatican Television Center)

Live CTV

 

Friday, 30 September 2016

09:00 Departure from Rome's Fiumicino airport for Tbilisi
Greeting to journalists during the flight to Georgia
[Italian]
 
15:00 Arrival at the International Airport of Tbilisi
Welcoming ceremony
 
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]
 
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]
 
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]
 
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]
 
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]
 
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
[Arabic, Croatian, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish]

 
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]
 
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]
 
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]
 
22:00 Arrival at Ciampino Airport in Rome  

 

_____________________

time zones
Rome: +2h UTC
Tbilisi: +4h UTC
Baku: +4h UTC

 

Bulletin of the Holy See Press Office, 12 September 2016

 



Copyright © Dicastero per la Comunicazione - Libreria Editrice Vaticana