25 August - 6 September 2010
Wednesday 25 August
11:00 Arrival of His Beatitude Patriarch Gregorios III and his party at Ezeiza International Airport Buenos Aires and official reception at the airport
18:00 Ceremony and reception at The Cedars of Lebanon Foundation
Thursday 26 August
9:00 Visit to Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, SJ Archbishop of Buenos Aires and President of the Episcopal Conference of Argentina
10:30 Visit to the Head of Government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
12:30 Meeting in the Apostolic Nunciature with the Nuncio Archbishop Adriano Bernardini followed by lunch
19:30 Reception in the Syrian Embassy in honour of His Beatitude
Friday 27 August
12:30 Meeting with Ambassador Guillermo Oliveri Secretary of State for Religious Affairs, followed by a lunch in the palace of the Secretary of State
Official visit to the President of the Republic of Argentina Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
19:00 Pontifical Divine Liturgy concelebrated in the Melkite Greek Catholic Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour
Inauguration of the first part of the Church
Followed by cocktail reception in the parish hall
Visit to Luján
14:00 Departure for Rosario
19:00 Pontifical Divine Liturgy concelebrated in the Melkite Greek Catholic Church of San Jorge of Rosario
21:30 Supper with the community
Sunday 29 August
11:00 Round table discussion with the community in the Church Hall of San Jorge
13:00 Lunch with the community
15:00 Departure from Rosario bound for Córdoba
21:00 Arrival of His Beatitude at the Melkite Greek Catholic Parish of San Jorge (Corrientes 276 Córdoba) where he will receive greetings from the provincial government authorities, the police, the military, Arab institutions and the parish
Welcome from Msgr. Abdo Arbach Melkite Greek Catholic Exarch in Argentina
Monday 30 August
09:30 Presentation of greetings from His Beatitude to the Provincial Governor, Accountant Juan Schiaretti
10:15 Visit to Msgr. Carlos Nañez Archbishop of Córdoba
11:00 Visit to the Mayor of the city of Córdoba
16:30 Opening of the Seventh Congress of Bishops of the Expansion of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in the hall of San Jorge Cathedral
18:30 Press conference in the Cathedral precincts
Tuesday 31 August
09:00 Meetings of the Patriarch with the bishops
16:30 Meetings of the Patriarch with Cardinal Sandri and the bishops
19:30 Mass in the Cathedral of Córdoba presided over by Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches to the Holy See, in the presence of the Patriarch and the Archbishop of Córdoba and the bishops of the province of Córdoba
Supper in honour of Cardinal Sandri and His Beatitude in the parish house
Wednesday 1 September
09: 00 Meetings of the Patriarch with the bishops
16: 30 Meetings of the Patriarch with the bishops
18: 00 Round table discussion with the community in the Parish Hall of the Cathedral of San Jorge
Thursday 2 September
09:00 Meetings of the Patriarch with the bishops
16:30 Meetings of the Patriarch with the bishops
19:30 Divine Liturgy
21:30 Official banquet in the salon of the Syrian Lebanese Club of Córdoba, given by the civil, military and ecclesiastical authorities of the Province, in recognition of the attention received from His Beatitude the Patriarch
Friday 3 September
10:00 Visit to the church and historic monuments
18:00 Visits to Eastern churches in Córdoba
19:00 Event [unspecified]
Saturday 4 September
10:00 Excursion to the mountain ranges of Córdoba
21:30 Official banquet in the parish hall with the community, in recognition of the care received from His Beatitude Patriarch Gregorios III
Sunday 5 September
18:00 Pontifical Divine Liturgy concelebrated in the Cathedral church of Córdoba, with the civil, military and ecclesiastical authorities in attendance
20:30 Reception for His Beatitude and entourage in the parish hall after the Pontifical Divine Liturgy
Monday 6 September
End of the visit
Translation from Spanish: V. Chamberlain