Papal Schedule

Author: Pope Francis

On his 35th Apostolic Journey, 2-6 December 2021, Pope Francis travels to Cyprus and Greece.  He will first visit Cyprus, December 2 to 4,  and then proceed to Greece. This is the second visit by a pope to Cyprus after that of Pope Benedict XVI in 2010.

Thursday, 2 December 2021

ROME - LARNACA - NICOSIA

11:00     Departure by airplane from Rome/Fiumicino International Airport for Larnaca

15:00     Arrival at Larnaca International Airport

15:00     OFFICIAL WELCOME at Larnaca International Airport

16:00     MEETING WITH PRIESTS, CONSACRATED PERSONS, DEACONS, CATECHISTS, ECCLESIAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MOVEMENTS OF CYPRUS at the Maronite Cathedral of Our Lady of Grace in Nicosia

17:15     WELCOME CEREMONY at the Presidential Palace in Nicosia

17:30     COURTESY VISIT TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC in the private office at the Presidential Palace in Nicosia

18:00     MEETING WITH AUTHORITIES, CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS in the “Ceremonial Hall” of the Presidential Palace in Nicosia


Friday, 3 December 2021

NICOSIA

8:30       COURTESY VISIT TO HIS BEATITUDE CHRYSOSTOMOS II, ORTHODOX ARCHBISHOP OF CYPRUS at the Orthodox Archbishopric of Cyprus in Nicosia

9:00       MEETING WITH THE HOLY SYNOD at the Orthodox Cathedral in Nicosia

10:00     HOLY MASS at the “GSP Stadium” in Nicosia

16:00     ECUMENICAL PRAYER WITH MIGRANTS at the Parish Church of the Holy Cross in Nicosia

 
Saturday, 4 December 2021

NICOSIA - LARNACA - ATHENS

9:10       FAREWELL CEREMONY at Larnaca International Airport

9:30       Departure by airplane for Athens

11:10     Arrival at Athens International Airport

11:10     OFFICIAL WELCOME at Athens International Airport

12:00     WELCOME CEREMONY at the Presidential Palace in Athens

12:15     COURTESY VISIT TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC in the private office at the Presidential Palace in Athens

12:30   MEETING WITH THE PRIME MINISTER at the Presidential Palace in Athens

12:45   MEETING WITH AUTHORITIES, CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS at the Presidential Palace in Athens

16:00   COURTESY VISIT TO HIS BEATITUDE HIERONYMOS II, ARCHBISHOP OF ATHENS AND ALL GREECE at the Orthodox Archbishopric of Greece in Athens

16:30   MEETING OF HIS BEATITUDE HIERONYMOS II AND HIS HOLINESS FRANCIS WITH THE RESPECTIVE ENTOURAGES in the “Throne Room” of the Orthodox Archbishopric of Greece in Athens

17:15   MEETING WITH BISHOPS, PRIESTS, RELIGIOUS, CONSECRATED PERSONS, SEMINARIANS, CATECHISTS at the Cathedral of Saint Dionysius in Athens

18:45   PRIVATE MEETING WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY OF JESUS at the Apostolic Nunciature in Athens

 
Sunday, 5 December 2021

ATHENS - MYTILENE (LESVOS) - ATHENS

9:15     Departure by airplane for Mytilene

10:10   Arrival at Mytilene Airport

10:45   VISIT TO THE REFUGEES at "Reception and Identification Centre" in Mytilene

12:15   Departure by airplane for Athens

13:10   Arrival at Athens International Airport

16:45   HOLY MASS at “Megaron Concert Hall” in Athens

19:00   COURTESY VISIT OF HIS BEATITUDE HIERONYMOS II TO THE HOLY FATHER at the Apostolic Nunciature in Athens

 
Monday, 6 December 2021

ATHENS - ROME

8:15     VISIT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE PARLIAMENT at the Apostolic Nunciature in Athens

9:45     MEETING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE at the Saint Dionysius School of the Ursuline Sisters in Maroussi, Athens

11:15   FAREWELL CEREMONY at Athens International Airport

11:30   Departure by airplane for Rome

           Press Conference on Return Flight to Rome

12:35   Arrival at Rome/Ciampino International Airport