PASTORAL VISIT OF HIS BEATITUDE |
GREGORIOS III (LAHAM) TO VENEZUELA |
10-25 OCTOBER 2011 |
PROGRAMME |
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MONDAY 10 OCTOBER |
8:00 PM |
Arrival at Maiquetía of H.B. on AMERICAN AIRLINES flight N° 903. Official welcome at V.I.P Lounge at Simón Bolívar International Airport by representatives of Church and State. |
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Drive to Caracas: EUROBUILDING HOTEL |
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TUESDAY 11 OCTOBER |
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CARACAS |
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Official Visits. |
1:00 PM |
Lunch: at the Egyptian Ambassador’s Residence |
7:00 PM |
Reception at the Syrian Ambassador’s Residence (Prado Del Este district). |
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WEDNESDAY 12 OCTOBER |
9:30 AM |
After breakfast at the Hotel, to TURMERO |
11:00 AM |
Chapel of Our Lady of Perpetual Help: Akathist Hymn and laying the Foundation Stone of the “Public Dining Hall” of the said Chapel – Lunch. |
3:30 PM |
Visit to the SAINT ELIAS Old People’s Religious Centre and then to the HOTEL PIPO |
6:00 PM |
Solemn Mass at the Cathedral of The Assumption of Our Lady, San Jacinto district. |
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Supper: Syrian-Venezuelan Centre of Maracay. |
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THURSDAY 13 OCTOBER |
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MARACAY |
10:00 AM |
To BARQUISIMETO. Lunch en route: Bejuma |
7:00 PM |
Divine Liturgy at La Coromoto Parish, Bararida suburb. |
9:00 PM |
Supper at the Syrian-Venezuelan Club. |
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FRIDAY 14 OCTOBER |
9:00 AM |
Visit to the sanctuary of “THE DIVINE SHEPHERD” |
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To Valencia. |
1:00 PM |
Vespers in the Antiochian Orthodox Church of Saint George in the el Prebo district. |
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Lunch at the Syrian-Venezuelan Club. |
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Return to Caracas: Eurobuilding Hotel |
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SATURDAY 15 OCTOBER |
10:00 AM |
Going up El Ávila, lunch in Galipán. |
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Return to the Eurobuilding Hotel. |
7:30 PM |
Reception and supper (private). |
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SUNDAY 16 OCTOBER |
1:00 PM |
Visit to the Maronite Fathers’ Monastery of Saint Sharbel and Lunch, Eurobuilding Hotel |
6:00 PM |
Divine Liturgy at St. George’s Cathedral (Montalbán II). |
8:00 PM |
Toast for the whole Community. |
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MONDAY 17 OCTOBER |
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(Arrival at Maiquetía of the Melkite Greek Catholic Bishops of Brazil, Canada and the United States) |
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Official Visits. |
1:00 PM |
Syrian-Venezuelan Women’s Union Lunch, (Quinta Esmeralda). |
7:30 PM |
Supper at the Residence of the Lebanese Ambassador. |
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TUESDAY 18 OCTOBER |
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Official Visits: Among others, to the Embassy of Palestine. |
1:30 PM |
Lunch at the Residence of the Syrian Ambassador. |
4:00 PM |
Visit to the Antiochian Greek Orthodox church of SAINT ANTONY the Abbot, |
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el Paraíso. |
7:30 PM |
Supper in Saint George’s Church Hall, Montalbán. |
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WEDNESDAY 19 OCTOBER |
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MATURIN |
1:30 PM |
Lunch (private) |
7:30 PM |
Solemn Mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of Carmel |
9:00 PM |
Supper in the Arab Home. |
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THURSDAY 20 OCTOBER |
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CUMANA |
1:30 PM |
Lunch at the Cumanagoto Hotel |
7:30 PM |
Solemn Mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. |
9:00 PM |
Supper at the Syrian-Venezuelan Club. |
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FRIDAY 21 OCTOBER |
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PUERTO LA CRUZ |
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Venetur Hotel |
11:00 AM |
Press conference |
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Lunch and meeting of the Bishops of the Expansion |
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Subject to be discussed “The New Evangelisation.” |
9:00 PM |
Supper at the Syrian Venezuelan Centre of Puerto la Cruz, offered by the BOARD OF DIRECTORS. |
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SATURDAY 22 OCTOBER |
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Breakfast (private) |
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Visit by yacht to the Isle of Mochima, lunch. |
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Supper (private). |
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SUNDAY 23 OCTOBER |
11:00 AM |
Divine Liturgy for the Consecration of the Church of Saint George, Puerto La Cruz. |
1:30 PM |
Lunch offered by the Saint George’s Parish Council. |
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Supper (private). |
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MONDAY 24 OCTOBER |
Flight to Caracas |
1:30 PM |
Visit to the Armenian Apostolic Church of Saint Gregory, Lunch |
4:00 PM |
Visit to the Apostolic Nunciature. |
8:00 PM |
Visit to the Syrian-Venezuelan Club of Caracas, Supper offered by the BOARD OF DIRECTORS |
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TUESDAY 25 OCTOBER |
12:00 PM |
Departure of His Beatitude from the Simón Bolívar International Airport. |