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APOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV
TO TÜRKIYE AND LEBANON
WITH PILGRIMAGE TO İZNIK (TÜRKIYE)
ON THE OCCASION OF THE 1700th ANNIVERSARY
OF THE FIRST COUNCIL OF NICAEA
27 NOVEMBER - 2 DECEMBER 2025
Thursday 27 November 2025 ROMA – ANKARA – ISTANBUL |
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| 07:40 | Departure by airplane from Rome/Fiumicino International Airport to Ankara |
| 12:30 | Arrival at Esenboğa International Airport in Ankara |
| OFFICIAL WELCOME | |
| 13:30 | VISIT TO THE ATATÜRK MAUSOLEUM |
| 14:10 | WELCOME CEREMONY at the Presidential Palace |
14:40 |
VISIT TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC |
| 15:30 | MEETING WITH THE AUTHORITIES, CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS |
| 17:20 | Departure from Ankara |
| 17:35 | Departure by airplane from Esenboğa International Airport to Istanbul |
| 19:00 | Arrival at Atatürk Airport in Istanbul |
Friday 28 November 2025 ISTANBUL – İZNIK – ISTANBUL |
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| 09:30 | MEETING WITH BISHOPS, PRIESTS, DEACONS, CONSECRATED PERSONS AND PASTORAL WORKERS at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit |
| 10:40 | VISIT TO THE NURSING HOME OF THE LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR |
| 14:15 | Transfer by helicopter to İznik |
| 15:30 | ECUMENICAL PRAYER SERVICE near the archaeological excavations of the ancient Basilica of Saint Neophytos |
| 16:30 | Transfer by helicopter to Istanbul |
| 18:30 | PRIVATE MEETING WITH BISHOPS in the Apostolic Delegation |
Saturday 29 November 2025 ISTANBUL |
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09:00 |
VISIT TO THE SULTAN AHMED MOSQUE |
09:45 |
PRIVATE MEETING WITH THE LEADERS OF THE LOCAL CHURCHES AND CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES at the Syriac Orthodox Church of Mor Ephrem |
| 15:30 | DOXOLOGY in the Patriarchal Church of Saint George |
| 15:50 | MEETING WITH HIS HOLINESS BARTHOLOMEW I AND SIGNING OF THE JOINT DECLARATION in the Patriarchal Palace |
| 17:00 | HOLY MASS in the “Volkswagen Arena” |
Sunday 30 November 2025 ISTANBUL – BEIRUT |
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| 09:30 | PRAYER VISIT AT THE ARMENIAN APOSTOLIC CATHEDRAL |
| 10:30 | DIVINE LITURGY at the Patriarchal Church of Saint George |
| 12:30 | ECUMENICAL BLESSING |
13:00 |
LUNCH WITH HIS HOLINESS BARTHOLOMEW I at the Ecumenical Patriarchate |
14:15 |
FAREWELL CEREMONY at Atatürk Airport in Istanbul |
14:45 |
Departure by airplane from Atatürk Airport to Beirut |
15:45 |
Arrival at Beirut International Airport |
| WELCOME CEREMONY | |
16:45 |
COURTESY VISIT TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC at the Presidential Palace |
| 17:15 | MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY |
| 17:30 | MEETING WITH THE PRIME MINISTER |
| 18:00 | MEETING WITH THE AUTHORITIES, CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS |
Monday 1 December 2025 BEIRUT – ANNAYA – HARISSA – BKERKÉ |
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| 09:45 | VISIT AND PRAYER AT THE TOMB OF SAINT CHARBEL MAKLŪF at the Monastery of Saint Maroun in Annaya |
| 11:20 | MEETING WITH BISHOPS, PRIESTS, CONSECRATED PERSONS AND PASTORAL WORKERS at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon in Harissa |
| 12:30 | PRIVATE MEETING WITH CATHOLIC PATRIARCHS in the Apostolic Nunciature |
| 16:00 | ECUMENICAL AND INTERRELIGIOUS MEETING in the Martyrs’ Square in Beirut |
| 17:45 | MEETING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE in the square in front of the Maronite Patriarchate of Antioch in Bkerké |
Tuesday 2 December 2025 BEIRUT – JAL ED DIB – ROMA |
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| 08:30 | VISIT TO THE STAFF AND PATIENTS OF THE “DE LA CROIX” HOSPITAL in Jal Ed Dib |
| 09:30 | SILENT PRAYER AT THE SITE OF THE BEIRUT PORT EXPLOSION |
| 10:30 | HOLY MASS at the “Beirut Waterfront” |
| 12:45 | FAREWELL CEREMONY at Beirut International Airport |
| 13:15 | Departure by plane from Beirut International Airport to Rome |
| 16:10 | Arrival at Rome/Fiumicino International Airport |
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