The detailed program includes:
Saturday, 4 December
LARNACA-ATHENS
11:10 Arrival at Athens International Airport
11:10 Official Welcome at Athens International Airport
12:00 Welcome Ceremony at the Presidential Mansion
12:15 Courtesy visit to the President of the Republic in her private office
12:30 Meeting with the Prime Minister at the Presidential Mansion
12:45 Meeting with Authorities, Civil Society, and the Diplomatic Corps at the Presidential Mansion
16:00 Courtesy visit to his Beatitude Hieronymos II, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece at the Orthodox Archbishopric of Athens
16:30 Meeting of his Beatitude Hieronymos II and his Holiness Pope Francis with the Respective Entourages in the “Throne Room” of the Orthodox Archbishopric of Athens
17:15 Meeting with Bishops, Priests, Religious Consecrated Persons, Seminarians, Catechists
of the Catholic Church in Greece at the Cathedral of Saint Dionysius
18:45 Private meeting with the members of the Society of Jesus at the Apostolic Nunciature
Sunday, 5 December
ATHENS-LESVOS-ATHENS
09:15 Departure by airplane for Lesvos
10:10 Arrival at Mytilene Airport
10:45 Visit to the Refugees at the “Reception & Identification Centre”
12:15 Departure 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, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece
to the Holy Father at the Apostolic Nunciature
Monday, 6 December
ATHENS-ROME
08:15 Visit of the President of the Greek Parliament at the Apostolic Nunciature
09:45 Meeting with Young People at “Saint Dionysius” Elementary School of the Ursuline Sisters in Maroussi
11:15 Farewell Ceremony at Athens International Airport
11:30 Departure for Rome
