Papal Schedule
ShareOn 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
