Thursday, May 17, 2001

ITINERARY PUBLISHED FOR POPE'S JUNE TRIP TO UKRAINE


VATICAN CITY, MAY 17, 2001 (VIS) - Made public this morning was the itinerary for the Holy Father's June 23-27 trip to Ukraine during which he is scheduled to visit Kiev (Kyiv) and Lviv.

Saturday, June 23, following his arrival in Kiev, the Pope will pay a courtesy visit to the president of Ukraine at the presidential palace and will meet with representatives of the world of politics, culture, science and business.

On Sunday, June 24, John Paul II will celebrate Mass at the Kiev airport and have separate meetings with the members of the Ukrainian Catholic episcopate and with representatives of the Pan-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations in the palace of the National Philarmonic of Kiev.

The following day, Monday, June 25, the Pope will celebrate a divine liturgy in the Byzantine rite at the Kiev Airport prior to his departure for Lviv, where he is expected in the early evening.

The Pope will preside at a Mass with beatifications on Tuesday, June 26 at the hippodrome in Lviv, following which he will go to St. Joseph's Latin rite major seminary in Bryukhovychi and have lunch with the Catholic bishops of Ukraine. Later that day in Sykhiv there will be an encounter with youth.

On the final day of his trip, Wednesday, June 27, there will be a divine liturgy in the Byzantine rite with beatifications at Lviv's hippodrome, followed by lunch with the bishops of Ukraine at St. George's Archdiocesan Palace.

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