12 July 2016, The Tablet

Schedule: Pope Francis in Azerbaijan and Georgia


Here is the detailed schedule released by the Vatican. Times - not all of which had been announced by 11 July - are local, with Eastern Daylight Time in parentheses:

Friday, 30 September (Rome to Tbilisi)

  •  9 am (3 am) Departure from Rome's Fiumicino Airport.
  •  3 pm (7 am) Arrival at Tbilisi International Airport. Welcoming ceremony.
  •  Courtesy visit to the president of the republic at the presidential palace.
  •  Meeting with government authorities and members of civil society and the diplomatic corps in the courtyard of the presidential palace.
  • Meeting with Catholicos Ilia II, patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Georgia, at the patriarchal palace.
  • Meeting with Chaldean Catholics at the Chaldean Catholic Church of St Simon the Tanner.

Saturday, 1 October (Tbilisi to Mtskheta)

  • Mass at Mikheil Meskhi Stadium.
  • Meeting with priests, men and women religious at the Church of the Assumption.
  • Meeting with volunteers and people receiving assistance from the Catholic Church near an assistance centre run by the Order of St Camillus.
  • Visit to patriarchal Svetitskhoveli Cathedral in Mtskheta.

Sunday, 2 October (Tbilisi, Baku)

  • Farewell ceremony at Tbilisi International Airport.
  • 8:10 am (12:10 am) Departure by plane for Baku, Azerbaijan.
  • 9:30 am (1:30 am) Arrival at Heydar Aliyev International Airport of Baku.
  • Mass at the Salesian-run Church of the Immaculate Conception in Baku.
  • Lunch with the Salesian community and the papal entourage.
  • Welcoming ceremony in the square of the presidential palace in Genclik.
  • Courtesy visit to the president of the republic at the presidential palace in Genclik.
  • Meeting with government leaders at the Heydar Aliyev Center.
  • Private meeting with the sheikh of Muslims in the Caucasus at the Heydar mosque.
  • Meeting with the Orthodox bishop of Baku and with the president of the Jewish community.
  • Farewell ceremony at Baku airport.
  • 7:15 pm (11:15 am) Departure from Baku airport.
  • 10 pm (4 pm) Arrival at Rome's Ciampino Airport.



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