| 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. |
| Drive to Caracas: EUROBUILDING HOTEL |
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| TUESDAY 11 OCTOBER |
| CARACAS |
| 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. |
| Supper: Syrian-Venezuelan Centre of Maracay. |
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| THURSDAY 13 OCTOBER |
| 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” |
| To Valencia. |
| 1:00 PM | Vespers in the Antiochian Orthodox Church of Saint George in the el Prebo district. |
| Lunch at the Syrian-Venezuelan Club. |
| Return to Caracas: Eurobuilding Hotel |
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| SATURDAY 15 OCTOBER |
| 10:00 AM | Going up El Ávila, lunch in Galipán. |
| 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 |
| (Arrival at Maiquetía of the Melkite Greek Catholic Bishops of Brazil, Canada and the United States) |
| 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 |
| 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, |
| el Paraíso. |
| 7:30 PM | Supper in Saint George’s Church Hall, Montalbán. |
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| WEDNESDAY 19 OCTOBER |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| PUERTO LA CRUZ |
| Venetur Hotel |
| 11:00 AM | Press conference |
| Lunch and meeting of the Bishops of the Expansion |
| 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 |
| Breakfast (private) |
| Visit by yacht to the Isle of Mochima, lunch. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
