Friday, 4 May 2001 |
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ITALY |
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Fiumicino (Rome) |
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) |
11.30 |
ARRIVAL at the new international airport of Spata (Athens). |
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Athens |
12.15 |
ARRIVAL at the Presidential Palace of Athens. |
WELCOME CEREMONY in the Garden of the Presidential Palace of Athens. |
12.45 |
COURTESY VISIT TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC at the Presidential Palace of Athens. Speech by the Holy Father . |
13.30 |
ARRIVAL at the Orthodox Archdiocesan Palace of Athens. |
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 . |
14.30 |
ARRIVAL at the Apostolic Nunciature of Athens. |
MEETING WITH THE CATHOLIC BISHOPS OF GREECE at the Apostolic Nunciature of Athens. Speech by the Holy Father . |
17.45 |
ARRIVAL at the Catholic Cathedral of Athens. |
PRIVATE VISIT TO THE CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL of Athens. |
18.30 |
ARRIVAL at the Areopagus of Athens. |
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] |
19.45 |
ARRIVAL at the Apostolic Nunciature of Athens. |
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. |
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) |
11.15 |
ARRIVAL at the new International Airport of Spata (Athens). |
FAREWELL CEREMONY at the new International Airport of Spata (Athens). |
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 |
14.00 |
ARRIVAL at the International Airport of Damascus. |
WELCOME CEREMONY at the International Airport of Damascus. Speech by the Holy Father . |
17.45 |
ARRIVAL at the Presidential Palace of Damascus. |
COURTESY VISIT TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC at the Presidential Palace of Damascus. |
18.55 |
ARRIVAL at the Greek-Orthodox Cathedral of Damascus. |
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. |
09.15 |
ARRIVAL at the Sacristy in the Abbassyin Stadium of Damascus. |
09.30 |
HOLY MASS at the Abbassyin Stadium of Damascus. Homily by the Holy Father . |
PRAYER OF THE "REGINA COELI" at the Abbassyin Stadium of Damascus. Words by the Holy Father . |
12.30 |
ARRIVAL at the Greek-Catholic Patriarchate of Damascus. |
13.00 |
MEETING WITH PATRIARCHS AND BISHOPS OF SYRIA at the Greek-Catholic Patriarchate of Damascus. Speech by the Holy Father. |
17.00 |
ARRIVAL at the Syrian-Orthodox Cathedral of Damascus. |
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. |
18.15 |
ARRIVAL AT THE OMAYYAD GREAT MOSQUE OF DAMASCUS, VISIT TO THE ST. JOHN BAPTISTS 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.. |
09.15 |
ARRIVAL at the Church of St. Paul on the Wall in the Bab Kissan gate of the old Walls of Damascus. |
VISIT TO THE CHURCH OF ST. PAUL ON THE WALL in the Bab Kissan gate of the old Walls of Damascus. |
09.45 |
ARRIVAL at the St. Pauls Memorial of Damascus. |
VISIT TO THE ST. PAULS MEMORIAL of Damascus. Documentation on the Custody of the Holy Land, to which the St. Paul's Memorial is entrusted [English, Italian] |
10.15 |
DEPARTURE by car for Qunaytra. |
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Qunaytra |
11.15 |
ARRIVAL at the Greek-Orthodox Church in Qunaytra. |
PRAYER FOR PEACE at the Greek-Orthodox Church in Qunaytra, at the Golan Heights. Prayer by the Holy Father . Documentation on Qunaytra [English, Italian] |
12.00 |
DEPARTURE by car for Damascus. |
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Damascus |
13.00 |
ARRIVAL at the Apostolic Nunciature of Damascus. |
17.40 |
ARRIVAL at the Greek-Catholic Cathedral of Damascus. |
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. |
10.15 |
Farewell from the Apostolic Nunciature of Damascus. |
11.00 |
Arrival at the International Airport of Damascus. |
FAREWELL CEREMONY at the International Airport of Damascus. Greeting by the Holy Father . |
11.30 |
DEPARTURE by airplane from the International Airport of Damascus to Gudja (Malta). |
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MALTA
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Gudja |
14.00 |
ARRIVAL at Gudja International Airport. |
WELCOME CEREMONY at Gudja International Airport. Speech by the Holy Father . |
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Valletta |
18.00 |
ARRIVAL at the Presidential Palace of Valletta. |
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 |
09.00 |
ARRIVAL at the "Granaries" of Floriana. |
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 |
12.45 |
ARRIVAL at the Apostolic Nunciature of Rabat. |
13.00 |
MEETING WITH THE BISHOPS OF MALTA at the Apostolic Nunciature of Rabat. |
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Hamrun |
16.30 |
ARRIVAL at the Church of the Center of the Society of Christian Doctrine at Hamrun. |
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] |
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 |
18.30 |
ARRIVAL at Gudja International Airport. |
FAREWELL CEREMONY at Gudja International Airport. Greeting by the Holy Father. |
19.00 |
DEPARTURE by airplane from Gudja International Airport to Rome. |
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ITALY |
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Ciampino (Rome) |
20.30 |
ARRIVAL at Ciampino Airport (Rome). |
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Time lag |
Rome |
+ 2 UTC |
Greece |
+ 3 UTC |
Syria |
+ 3 UTC |
Malta |
+ 2 UTC |