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APOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS
TO LITHUANIA, LATVIA AND ESTONIA
22-25 SEPTEMBER 2018
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Live video transmission
(Vatican Media)
- Multimedia
- Missal for the Apostolic Journey
- Video message of His Holiness Pope Francis
- Photo Gallery
Saturday, 22 September 2018
ROME-VILNIUS
| 7:30 | Departure by air from Rome-Fiumicino Airport for Vilnius Greeting to journalists on the flight to Vilnius |
| 11:30 | Arrival at Vilnius International Airport Welcome ceremony |
| 12:10 | Courtesy visit to the President in the Presidential Palace |
| 12:40 | Meeting with the Authorities, with civil Society and with the Diplomatic Corps in the square in front of the Presidential Palace |
| 16:30 | Visit to the Mater Misericordiae Shrine |
| 17:30 | Meeting with young people in the Square in front of the Cathedral |
| 18:40 | Visit to the Cathedral |
Sunday, 23 September 2018
VILNIUS-KAUNAS-VILNIUS
| 8:15 | Transfer by car to Kaunas |
| 10:00 | Holy Mass in Santakos Park in Kaunas |
| 12:00 | Angelus in Santakos Park in Kaunas |
| 12:35 | Lunch with the Bishops in the Palace of the Curia |
| 15:00 | Meeting with Priests, Men and Women Religious, Consecrated Persons and Seminarians in the Cathedral of Kaunas |
| 16:00 | Transfer to the Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights in Vilnius |
| 17:30 | Visit and prayer in the Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights |
| Words spoken from the window of the Nunciature in Vilnius | |
| Pope Francis’ private meeting with his fellow Jesuits |
Monday, 24 September 2018
VILNIUS-RIGA-VILNIUS
| 7:20 | Departure by air from Vilnius International Airport for Riga |
| 8:20 | Arrival at Riga International Airport |
| Official welcome | |
| 8:50 | Welcome ceremony in the Courtyard of the Presidential Palace |
| 9:05 | Courtesy visit to the President in the Presidential Palace |
| 9:30 | Meeting with the civil Authorities, civil Society and the Diplomatic Corps in the Reception Hall of the Presidential Palace |
| 10:10 | Laying of flowers and ceremony at the Monument to Freedom |
| 10:40 | Ecumenical prayer in the Rigas Doms |
| 11:50 | Visit to the catholic Saint James’ Cathedral |
| 12:30 | Lunch with the bishops in the Archdiocesan House of the Holy Family |
| 14:30 | Transfer by helicopter from Riga Harbour helipad to the Shrine of the Mother of God, Aglona |
| 16:30 | Holy Mass in the area of the Shrine of the Mother of God, Aglona |
| 18:30 | Farewell ceremony in the Aglona heliport |
| 18:45 | Transfer by helicopter to Vilnius International Airport |
Tuesday, 25 September 2018
VILNIUS-TALLINN-ROME
| 8:15 | Farewell ceremony in Vilnius International Airport |
| 8:30 | Departure by air from Vilnius International Airport for Tallinn |
| 9:50 | Arrival at Tallinn International Airport |
| Official welcome | |
| 10:15 | Welcome ceremony in the Square in front of the Presidential Palace |
| 10:30 | Courtesy visit to the President in the Presidential Palace |
| 11:00 | Meeting with the civil Authorities, civil Society and the Diplomatic Corps in the Rose Garden of the Presidential Palace |
| 11:50 | Ecumenical meeting with young people in the Lutheran Saint Charles’ Church |
| 13:00 | Lunch with the papal entourage in the Convent of the Brigidine Sisters in Pirita |
| 15:15 | Meeting with those assisted by the Charitable Works of the Church in the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul |
| 16:30 | Holy Mass in Freedom Square |
| 18:30 | Farewell ceremony in Tallin International Airport |
| 18:45 | Departure by air from Tallinn International Airport for Rome |
| Press Conference on the return flight from Tallin to Rome | |
| 21:20 | Arrival at Rome-Ciampino International Airport |
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| Time zones | |
| Rome: | +2h UTC |
| Vilnius | +3h UTC |
| Riga | +3h UTC |
| Aglona | +3h UTC |
| Tallin | +3h UTC |
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