Papal Schedule

Apostolic Journey to Turkey (Türkiye)  and Lebanon with Pilgrimage to İznik (Türkiye) on the occasion of the 1700th Anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea (27 November - 2 December 2025) with Pilgrimage to İznik (Türkiye) on the Occasion of the 1700th Anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea

Thursday 27 November 2025

ROMA – ANKARA – ISTANBUL

07:40  Departure by airplane from Rome/Fiumicino International Airport to Ankara

Greeting to Journalists during the Rome-Ankara flight

12:30  Arrival at Esenboğa International Airport in Ankara12:30  OFFICIAL WELCOME

13:30  VISIT TO THE ATATÜRK MAUSOLEUM

14:10  WELCOME CEREMONY at the Presidential Palace

14:40  VISIT TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC

15:30  MEETING WITH THE AUTHORITIES, CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS

17:20  Departure from Ankara

17:35  Departure by airplane from Esenboğa International Airport to Istanbul

19:00  Arrival at Atatürk Airport in Istanbul

Friday 28 November 2025
 

ISTANBUL – İZNIK – ISTANBUL

09:30  MEETING WITH BISHOPS, PRIESTS, DEACONS, CONSECRATED PERSONS AND PASTORAL WORKERS at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit

10:40  VISIT TO THE NURSING HOME OF THE LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR

14:15  Transfer by helicopter to İznik

15:30  ECUMENICAL PRAYER SERVICE near the archaeological excavations of the ancient Basilica of Saint Neophytos

16:30  Transfer by helicopter to Istanbul

18:30  PRIVATE MEETING WITH BISHOPS in the Apostolic Delegation

Saturday 29 November 2025

ISTANBUL 

09:00  VISIT TO THE SULTAN AHMED MOSQUE

09:45  PRIVATE MEETING WITH THE LEADERS OF THE LOCAL CHURCHES AND CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES at the Syriac Orthodox Church of Mor Ephrem

15:30  DOXOLOGY in the Patriarchal Church of Saint George

15:50  MEETING WITH HIS HOLINESS BARTHOLOMEW I AND SIGNING OF THE JOINT DECLARATION in the Patriarchal Palace

17:00  HOLY MASS in the “Volkswagen Arena”

Sunday 30 November 2025

ISTANBUL – BEIRUT

09:30  PRAYER VISIT AT THE ARMENIAN APOSTOLIC CATHEDRAL

10:30  DIVINE LITURGY at the Patriarchal Church of Saint George

12:30  ECUMENICAL BLESSING

13:00 LUNCH WITH HIS HOLINESS BARTHOLOMEW I at the Ecumenical Patriarchate

14:15 FAREWELL CEREMONY at Atatürk Airport in Istanbul

14:45 Departure by airplane from Atatürk Airport to Beirut

15:45 Arrival at Beirut International Airport

16:45 WELCOME CEREMONY

COURTESY VISIT TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC at the Presidential Palace

17:15  MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

17:30  MEETING WITH THE PRIME MINISTER

18:00  MEETING WITH THE AUTHORITIES, CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS

Monday 1 December 2025

BEIRUT – ANNAYA – HARISSA – BKERKÉ

09:45  VISIT AND PRAYER AT THE TOMB OF SAINT CHARBEL MAKLŪF at the Monastery of Saint Maroun in Annaya

11:20  MEETING WITH BISHOPS, PRIESTS, CONSECRATED PERSONS AND PASTORAL WORKERS at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon in Harissa

12:30  PRIVATE MEETING WITH CATHOLIC PATRIARCHS in the Apostolic Nunciature

16:00  ECUMENICAL AND INTERRELIGIOUS MEETING in the Martyrs’ Square in Beirut

17:45  MEETING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE in the square in front of the Maronite Patriarchate of Antioch in Bkerké

Tuesday 2 December 2025

BEIRUT – JAL ED DIB – ROMA

08:30  VISIT TO THE STAFF AND PATIENTS OF THE “DE LA CROIX” HOSPITAL in Jal Ed Dib

09:30  SILENT PRAYER AT THE SITE OF THE BEIRUT PORT EXPLOSION

10:30  HOLY MASS at the “Beirut Waterfront”

12:45  FAREWELL CEREMONY at Beirut International Airport

13:15  Departure by plane from Beirut International Airport to Rome

16:10  Arrival at Rome/Fiumicino International Airport
 

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