A pictorial summary with quotes from the Pope's speeches of his apostolic visit to Greece

1. POPE FRANCIS
IN GREECE

4. Modern Greece has its origin in the civilization of ancient Greece, the cradle of Western civilization.
For the West it is the birthplace of democracy, Western philosophy, the Olympics, literature and
the study of history, politics, and the most important principles of mathematics and science.
The modern Greek state, which comprises most of the historical core of Greek civilization, was
established in 1830, following a war of independence from the Ottoman Empire. The legacy of its
long history is reflected in art, architecture, gastronomy, literature and other cultural aspects.

6. Influence of Greece in the
7th century before Christ

7. BYZANTINE EMPIRE

9. SCHEDULE OF THE VISIT TO GREECE
-Saturday, December 4, 2021
NICOSIA - LÁRNACA – ATHENS
9.10 Farewell ceremony at Larnaca International Airport
9.30 Departure by plane to Athens
11.10 Arrival at Athens International Airport
11.10 Official reception at Athens International Airport
12.00 Welcome ceremony at the Presidential Palace of Athens
12.15 Courtesy visit to the President of the Republic in the private study of
the Presidential Palace of Athens
12.30 Meeting with the Prime Minister at the Presidential Palace in Athens
12.45 Meeting with the authorities, civil society and the Diplomatic Corps at
the Presidential Palace in Athens
16.00 Courtesy visit to the Beatitude of him Jerome II, Archbishop of Athens
and all Greece in the Orthodox Archbishopric of Greece, Athens
16.30 Meeting of the Beatitude of him Jerónimo II and the Holiness of him
Francisco with their respective entourages in the "Throne Room" of the
Orthodox Archdiocese of Greece, Athens
17.15 Meeting with the bishops, priests, men and women religious,
seminarians and catechists in the Cathedral of Saint Dionysus in Athens
18.45 Private meeting with the members of the Society of Jesus at the
Apostolic Nunciature in Athens

10. Saturday,
4 December
2021
Official
welcome
at Athens
International
Airport

11. Welcome
ceremony
in the
Presidential
Palace in
Athens

12. Courtesy visit to the President of the Republic
Katerina Sakellaropoulou in the private study
of the Presidential Palace in Athens

13. Meeting with Prime Minister Kyriakos
Mitsotakis at the Presidential Palace in Athens

14. Meeting with the authorities, civil society and the
Diplomatic Corps at the Presidential Palace in Athens

15. “I make my own the words
of Saint Gregory of
Nazianzus:« Golden Athens
and dispenser of good ...
when I sought eloquence,
I found happiness»
(Oratio 43,14).
I come as a pilgrim to
these places that abound
with spirituality, culture
and civilization, to perceive
the same happiness that
excited this great pastor
of the Church”

16. “While today in the West, which was born here, the need for Heaven tends to be
blurred, trapped by the frenzy of thousands of earthly races and by the insatiable
greed of a consumerism that depersonalizes, these places invite us to let ourselves
be surprised by the infinite, for the beauty of being, for the joy of faith "

17. "Those Gospels that, to bring to the world the good news of God who loves man, were
written in Greek, an immortal language used by the Word - the Logos - to express itself,
the language of human wisdom turned into the voice of divine Wisdom"

18. “la vida es un derecho; no lo es la muerte, que se acoge, no se suministra”
"Some words of the Hippocrates oath seem
written for our time, such as the effort to"
regulate the tenor of life for the good of the sick",
to" refrain from all harm and offense "to others,
to safeguard life in at all times, particularly in
the womb ” (cf. Hippocratic Oath, ancient text).

19. Courtesy visit to
Beatitude Jerome II,
Archbishop of Athens
and all Greece

20. “History has its weight and today I feel the need here to
renew the plea for forgiveness to God and to the brothers
for the mistakes that so many Catholics have made”.

21. “Communion between the brothers brings with it divine blessing.
The Psalms compare it to a "precious perfume that is poured
on the head, descending on the beard" (Ps 133,2)

22. "if love manages to
completely expelto
fear and this,
transformed,
becomes love, then
we will seethat unity
is a consequence
of the Salvation”
(St. Gregory of
Nisa - Homily 15,
commentary on
the book of the
Song of Songs

23. “I am also grateful for the active participation of the Greek
Orthodox Church in the international theological commission.
May the Spirit help us to continue wisely on these paths ”!

24. "The tribulations of yesterday will make room for the
consolations of the present, and we will be comforted by
treasures of grace that we will rediscover in the brothers"

25. Meeting of His Beatitude Jerónimo II and His Holiness Francis
with their respective entourages in the "Throne Room"

26. Meeting with the bishops, priests, men and women religious,
seminarians and catechists in the Cathedral of Saint Dionisio in Athens

27. “We are asked to follow the example of the mustard seed, which is
tiny, but it grows humble and slowly; it is the smallest of all seeds -
says Jesus - but when it grows it becomes a tree ”(cf. Mt 13,32)

29. "We are asked to be leaven that ferments in what is hidden,
patiently and silently, within the mass of the world, thanks
to the unceasing work of the Holy Spirit" (cf. v. 33)

30. “In the whole world the Church is a minority - it does not mean to
be insignificant, but to walk the path that the Lord opened, which is
that ofthe smallness, the kenosis, the abasement, the condescension,
the synkatábasis of God in Jesus Christ. He descended until he hid
himself in the folds of humanity and in the wounds of our flesh "

31. “I sincerely wish you to continue
the work in your historic workshop
of faith, and to do so with these
two ingredients: trust and
welcome, to savorthe Gospel as
an experienceof joy and also as
an experience of fraternity "

32. Private meeting
with members of
the company of Jesus
in the Apostolic
Nunciature
in Athens

33. Sunday, December 5, 2021
ATHENS - MITILENE (LESBOS) – ATHENS
9.15 Departure by plane to Mytilene
10.10 Arrival at Mytilene airport
10.45 Visit to refugees at the Mytilene Reception and Identification Center
12.15 Departure by plane to Athens
13.10 Arrival at Athens International Airport
4:45 PM Holy Mass at the “Megaron Concert Hall” in Athens
19.00 Courtesy visit of the Beatitude of Jerome II to the Holy Father
at the Apostolic Nunciature in Athens
Monday, December 6, 2021
ATHENS – ROME
8.15 Visit of the President of Parliament to the Apostolic Nunciature of Athens
9.45 Meeting with young people at the San Dionisio School of the Ursuline Sisters
of Marusi, Athens
11.15 Farewell ceremony at Athens International Airport
11.30 Departure by plane to Rome Press conference of the Holy Father
during the return flight
12.35 Arrival at Rome / Ciampino International Airport

34. Mytilene Reception and Identification Center
Sunday, December 5, 2021

35. Visit to refugees at the Mytilene
Reception and Identification Center

37. "The future will
only be prosperous
if we are reconciled
with the weakest,
because when the
poor are rejected,
peace is rejected "

38. "I pray to God to wake us up from the forgetfulness of those
who suffer. May he shake us from the individualism that excludes,
may he awaken the deaf hearts to the needs of others "

39. "It is easy to attract
public opinion, fostering
fear of the stranger.
Why, on the other hand,
with the same tone, do
we not talk about
exploitation of the poor,
or about the forgotten
and often lavishly
financed wars, or about
economic deals that are
made at the expense of
the people, or about
hidden maneuvers to
traffic arms and make
proliferatetheir trade ?

40. "We must search for the remote causes, not the poor people who pay the
consequences, and who are also used for political propaganda. We need to
remove the root causes, and not only solve possible emergencies. Concerted
action is needed. We must approach historical changes with an open mind "

41. "There is rather the need to accompany the processes from within, to overcome
the ghettos and favor a slow and indispensable integration, to welcome
the cultures and traditions of others in a fraternal and responsible way."

42. "Faith exhorts to hospitality, to that philoxenia that permeated
classical culture, later finding its own definitive manifestation
in Jesus, especially in the parable of the Good Samaritan"

43. “Jesus solemnly affirms that he is there, in the stranger,
in the refugee, in the one who is naked and hungry;
and the Christian program is to be where Jesus is "

44. Mass in
"Megaron
Concert Hall”
Athens

45. “Do not fear smallness, because the question is not to be small or few,
but to open up to God and to others. And don't be afraid eitherof aridity,
because God does not fear it, and that is where he comes to visit us "

46. “It is necessary to trust Him, because He is our beyond, our strength.
Everything changes if we leave first place to Him. That is conversion "

47. "Let us ask our Blessed Mother to help us to be, like her,
witnesses of hope, sowers of joy around us — hope "

48. Courtesy visit of the Holy Father to
His Beatitude Jerome II at the
Apostolic Nunciature in Athens

49. Monday,
December 6, 2021
Visit of the
President of
Parliament in
the Apostolic
Nunciature

50. Meeting with young people at
the Saint Dionisio School of the
Ursuline Sisters of Marusi, Athens

51. "Doubts are “vitamins of faith", they help to strengthen,
to make stronger, that is, more conscious; they make it
grow, they make it freer and more mature"

52. “The heart of faith is not an idea, it is not a moral; the heart of faith
is a reality, a beautiful reality that does not depend on usand that
leaves us with our mouths open: we are God's beloved children!

53. ? γνῶθι σeαυτόν, "know yourself." “Today we are in danger of forgetting who we
are, obsessed by thousands of appearances, by repeated messages that make life
depend on the clothes we wear, the car we drive, the how we appear to others"

54. "The syrens of today want to hypnotize you with seductive and insistent
messages, which point to easy profits, to false needs of consumerism, to
the cult of physical well-being, to having fun no matter what the cost"

55. “To be a Christian fundamentally means letting God love you,
and recognize that you are unique before the loving eyes of God "

56. "God does not give us a book in our hands to learn things by heart, no. God makes
himself understood by remaining close by, and by accompanying us on the path of life "

57. “Don't be content with virtual encounters, look for real ones, especially with
those who need you; do not look for visibility, but for the invisible. This is
what is original. This is revolutionary; to go out of oneself to meet others "

58. "Here were born
the greatest of
sporting events;
the Olympics,
the marathon.
But even greater
than the fighting
spirit that does
good for the body,
there is that
which is good
for the soul"

59. “Train for this event,
to travel long distances
from oneself in order to
shorten them with
others, and push your
heart through obstacles,
to carry one another's
weights. Train yourself
in this and it will make
you happy, it will keep
you young and it will
make you feel the
adventure of living “

60. “Build up your courage and dare to hope… .. How is it done? Through your
decisions. Choosing is a challenge, it is facing the fear of the unknown, it means
getting out of the swamp of approval, it means deciding to take your life in
your own hands…. good decisions always include others, not just oneself "

61. Farewell ceremony at Athens
International Airport

63. LIST OF PRESENTATIONS IN ENGLISH
Revised 24-11-2021
Advent and Christmas – time of hope and peace
All Souls Day
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – In the Light of the Word
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – The Experiences and Challenges of Families
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 - Looking to Jesus, the Vocation of the Family
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - Love in Marriage
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Love made Fruitfuol
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Some Pastoral Perspectives
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Towards a better education of children
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Accompanying, discerning and integrating weaknwss
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – The Spirituality of Marriage and the Family
Beloved Amazon 1ª – A Social Dream
Beloved Amazon 2 - A Cultural Dream
Beloved Amazon 3 – An Ecological Dream
Beloved Amazon 4 - An Ecclesiastical Dream
Carnival
Christ is Alive
Christ the King
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – Church and Family today
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - God’s plan for the family
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – family as a Community
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – serving life and education
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – mission of the family in society
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - Family in the Church
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Football in Spain
Haurietis aquas – devotion to the Sacred Heart by Pius XII
Holidays and Holy Days
Holy Spirit
Holy Week – drawings for children
Holy Week – glmjpses of the last hours of JC
Inauguration of President Donald Trump
Juno explores Jupiter
Laudato si 1 – care for the common home
Laudato si 2 – Gospel of creation
Laudato si 3 – Human roots of the ecological crisis
Laudato si 4 – integral ecology
Laudato si 5 – lines of approach and action
Laudato si 6 – Education y Ecological Spirituality
Love and Marriage 12,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
Lumen Fidei – ch 1,2,3,4
Martyrs of North America and Canada
Martyrs of Vietnam
Medjugore Pilgrimage
Misericordiae Vultus in English
Mother Teresa of Calcuta – Saint
Pope Franciss in Thailand
Pope Francis in Japan
Pope Francis in Sweden
Pope Francis in Hungary, Slovaquia
Pope Francis in America
Pope Francis in the WYD in Poland 2016
Querida Amazonia
Resurrection of Jesus Christ –according to the Gospels
Russian Revolution and Communismo 3 civil war 1918.1921
Russian Revolution and Communism 1
Russian Revolution and Communismo 2
Saint Agatha, virgin and martyr
Saint Albert the Great
Saint Anthony of Padua
Saint Cecilia
Saint Elizabeth of Hungary
Saint Francis of Assisi
Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Saint James, apostle
Saint Joseph
Saint Maria Goretti
Saint Martin of Tours
Saint Maximilian Kolbe
Saint Mother Theresa of Calcutta
Saint Jean Baptiste MarieaVianney, Curé of Ars
Saint John of the Cross
Saint Patrick and Ireland
Saints Zachary and Elizabeth, parents of John Baptis
Signs of hope
Sunday – day of the Lord
Thanksgiving – History and Customs
The Body, the cult – (Eucharist)
Valentine
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Way of the Cross – drawings for children
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64. LISTA DE PRESENTACIONES EN ESPAÑOL
Revisado 24-11-2021
Abuelos
Adviento y Navidad, tiempo de esperanza
Amor y Matrimonio 1 - 9
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – A la luz de la Palabre
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – Realidad y Desafíos de las Familias
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 La mirada puesta en Jesús: Vocación de la Familia
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - El Amor en el Matrimonio
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Amor que se vuelve fecundo
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Algunas Perspectivas Pastorales
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Fortalecer la educacion de los hijos
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Acompañar, discernir e integrar la fragilidad
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – Espiritualidad Matrimonial y Familiar
Carnaval
Cristo Rey
Cristo Vive
Dia de todos los difuntos
Domingo – día del Señor
El camino de la cruz de JC en dibujos para niños
El Cuerpo, el culto – (eucarisía)
Espíritu Santo
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – iglesia y familia hoy
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - el plan de Dios para la familia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – familia como comunidad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – servicio a la vida y educación
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – misión de la familia en la sociedad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - participación de la familia en la iglesia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Fátima – Historia de las Apariciones de la Virgen
Feria de Sevilla
Haurietis aquas – el culto al Sagrado Corazón
Hermandades y cofradías
Hispanidad
Laudato si 1 – cuidado del hogar común
Laudato si 2 – evangelio de creación
Laudato si 3 – La raíz de la crisis ecológica
Laudato si 4 – ecología integral
Laudato si 5 – líneas de acción
Laudato si 6 – Educación y Espiritualidad Ecológica
Lumen Fidei – cap 1,2,3,4
Madre Teresa de Calcuta – Santa
María y la Biblia
Martires de Nor America y Canada
Martires de Vietnam
Medjugore peregrinación
Misericordiae Vultus en Español
Papa Francisco en Bulgaria
Papa Francisco en Rumania
Papa Francisco en Marruecos
Papa Francisco en México
Papa Francisco – mensaje para la Jornada Mundial Juventud 2016
Papa Francisco – visita a Chile
Papa Francisco – visita a Perú
Papa Francisco en Colombia 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Cuba
Papa Francisco en Fátima
Papa Francisco en la JMJ 2016 – Polonia
Papa Francisco en Hugaría e Eslovaquia
Queridas Amazoznia 1,2,3,4
Resurrección de Jesucristo – según los Evangelios
Revolución Rusa y Comunismo 1, 2, 3
Santa Agata, virgen y martir
San Alberto Magno
San Antonio de Padua
San Francisco de Asis 1,2,3,4
Santa Cecilia
Santa Maria Goretti
San Ignacio de Loyola
Santa Isabel de Hungria
San José, obrero, marido, padre
San Juan Ma Vianney, Curé de’Ars
San Juan de la Cruz
San Martin de Tours
San Maximiliano Kolbe
Santa Teresa de Calcuta
San Padre Pio de Pietralcina
San Patricio e Irlanda
Santiago Apóstol
Santos Zacarias e Isabel, padres de Juan Bautista
Semana santa – Vistas de las últimas horas de JC
Vacaciones Cristianas
Valentín
Virgen de Guadalupe
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Vocación a evangelizar
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