Pope Francis has departed from Cyprus after a three-day official go to, and begins the third day of his 5-day Apostolic Journey heading to Greece on Saturday morning.
Throughout the farewell ceremony, the Pope was welcomed at Larnaca Worldwide Airport by President of the Republic Nicos Anastasiades, the cupboard and different officers. After a quick dialog with the President, the Pope and his entourage in addition to 77 journalists, left on board an Aegean plane.
The Holy Father’s official welcome on the airport in Athens the place he arrives round 1110, can be adopted by a welcome ceremony on the Presidential Palace in Athens. He’ll then pay a courtesy go to to the President of Greece, Katerina, Sakellaroupoulou, meet with the Prime Minister after which with native authorities, civil society and the diplomatic corps.
Later within the day, the Pope will meet with Hieronymos II, the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece on the Orthodox Archbishopric of Greece in Athens. This can be adopted by a gathering of each spiritual leaders with their respective entourages within the Orthodox Archbishopric.
The Pope’s afternoon schedule additionally features a assembly with the nation’s bishops, clergymen, spiritual, consecrated particular person, seminarians and catechists on the Cathedral of St. Dionysius in Athens. He’ll then have a personal assembly with the members of the Society of Jesus on the Apostolic Nunciature of Athens.
On Sunday, one spotlight of the Pope’s lineup can be his go to with migrants and refugees on the “Reception and Identification Middle” in Mytilene city on the Greek island of Lesbos. For the second time in 5 years, the Pope will go to this island that has been coping with migrant arrivals.