FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30th
9:00 a.m. Departure from Rome Fiumicino Airport to Georgia.
3:00 p.m. Arrival at Tbilisi International Airport. Welcome ceremony.
3:30 p.m. Courtesy visit with the president of the Republic in the presidential palace.
4:00 p.m. Encounter with the civil authorities and diplomatic corps in the courtyard.
4:40 p.m. The Holy Father will meet with His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II,
Catholicos and Patriarch of all Georgia, in the Palace of the Patriarchate.
18:00 p.m. The day will conclude with a meeting with the Assyrian-Chaldean community in the Chaldean Catholic Church of St. Simon the Tanner.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1st
10:00 a.m. Holy Mass in the M. Meskhi stadium.
3:45 p.m. Meeting with priests and religious men and women in the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin.
5:00 p.m. Meeting with the Church's charity workers and those they assist outside the Camillian aid center.
6.15 p.m.
Visit to the Svietyskhoveli Patriarchal Cathedral of
Mskheta.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2nd
7:55 a.m.
Farewell ceremony at Tbilisi International Airport.
8:10 a.m. Flight to Baku.
9:30 a.m. Arrival at Heydar Aliyev International Airport. Welcome ceremony.
10:30 a.m. Holy Mass in the Salesian center in Baku.
12:45 p.m. Lunch with the Salesian community.
3:30 p.m.
Welcome ceremony in the presidential palace of Genclik, and courtesy visit to the president of the Republic.
4:30 p.m.
Visit to 'Martyr's Laneâ?.
5:00 p.m. Meeting with the authorities in the Heydar Aliyev Center.
5:45 p.m. Private meeting with the Sheikh of the Muslims of the Caucasus in the Heydar Aliyev Mosque.
6:00 p.m. Private meeting with other religious leaders of the country.
7:00 p.m. Farewell ceremony at Baku Airport.
7:15 p.m. Departure to Ciampino Airport.
10:00 p.m. Arrival to Ciampino Airport, Rome.
