Roma - 23 - 28 Nov
Santo Padre, Visitera Ambasciata Iraniana, Libanese ed Armena di Roma
NOVEMBER 23-28, 2008
His Holiness Aram I will be accompanied
by:
* Official delegation of 8 Archbishops and Bishops
* An assistant priest, communications director priest and a deacon cameraman
* Group
of 52 lay persons
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23
* Arrival His Holiness Aram I at Rome-Ciampino Airport
Sunday, November 23, from Beirut, private plane, departs Beirut at 13.00, arrives Rome
15.15
* 13.30, Lunch at the Domus Sancta Martha (Clergy)
* 18.00, Armenian Embassy (Clergy and Laity) - via dei Colli della Farnesina, 174
* 20.00, Dinner at the Domus Sancta Martha (Clergy)
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24
* 07.30-08.30, Breakfast at the Domus Sancta Martha (Clergy)
* 09.30, St. Peter's Basilica and Statue of St. Gregory the Illuminator - Cardinal Angelo Comastri will receive His Holiness Aram I (Clergy)
* 11.45-12.45, Meeting with Pope Benedict XVI
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Private conversation with Catholicos Aram I (Arch. Gorun, Bishop Nareg, Father
Mesrob)
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Greeting delegation of the Catholicos Aram I (Clergy)
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Exchange of addresses and gifts
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Prayer Redemptoris Mater Chapel
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Lunch (Arch. Gorun, Bishop Nareg, Father Mesrob)
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13.30, Lunch at the Domus Sancta Martha (The rest of the Clergy)
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17.00, Basilica of St. Paul - prayer, homily by His Holiness
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20.00, Official dinner hosted by Cardinal Walter Kasper at the Domus Sancta Martha (Clergy)
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25
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07.30-08.30, Breakfast at the Domus Sancta Martha (Clergy)
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09.00, Meeting at the offices of the PCPCU, Cardinal Walter Kasper
(Clergy)
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11.00, Lecture by His Holiness at the Urbaniana University,
“Challenges Facing Christianity in the Middle East” (Clergy and Laity)
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13.30, Lunch at the Armenian Catholic Levonian College Salita San Nicola da Tolentino, 17
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17.00, Meeting with Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran
- Inter-religious Dialogue (Arch. Gorun, Arch. Sebouh, Bishop Kegham, Bishop Nareg, Father Mesrob)
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19.30,
Sant’Egidio, Basilica of St. Bartholomew - prayer, homily by His Holiness, dinner
(Clergy and Laity)
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26
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07.30-08.30, Breakfast at the Domus Sancta Martha (Clergy)
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09.30, General Audience with the Pope in the presence of His Holiness (Laity)
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10.30, General Audience with the Pope in the presence of His Holiness Catholicos Aram I (Clergy)
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12.40 Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone (Arch. Oshagan, Arch. Varoujan, Arch. Khajag, Arch. Mousegh, Bishop Nareg, Father Mesrob)
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13.30, Lebanese Embassy - lunch (Clergy) - via Vittorio Veneto, 84
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17.00, Press Conference at the Vatican Radio (Arch. Sebouh, Bishop Nareg, Father Mesrob)
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20.30, Dinner hosted by His Holiness Aram I at the Grand Plaza Hotel
(Clergy and Laity) - via del Corso, 126
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27
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07.30-08.30, Breakfast at the Domus Sancta Martha (Clergy )
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13.00, Iranian Embassy - lunch - via Bruxelles, 57
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Departure
His Holiness Aram I from Rome-Ciampino Airport (Leave Domus Sancta Martha at 15.30)
Thursday, November 27, to Beirut, private plane, departs Rome at 17.00, arrives Beirut 21.05
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19.00,
Dinner at the Domus Sancta Martha (Clergy)
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28
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07.00-08.00, Breakfast at the Domus Sancta Martha (Clergy)
Narek - Radiovaticana
