Program of Archpastoral Visit of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to Ukraine from July 27 to August 5, 2009
(Program changes possible)
July 27, Monday
08.30 – arrival to Boryspil Airport (local time)
09.45 – departure from the airport
09.10 – arrival to St. Vladimir’s Hill, meeting of the Patriarch
09.15 – prayer service
09.30 – laying flowers to the monument of the Holy Prince Vladimir
– greeting word of His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr
– response speech of His Holiness the Patriarch
09.40 – coming out to the press
10.00-10.10 – leaving for the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra
10.10 – meeting of His Holiness the Patriarch at the Near Caves
– Deputy Abbot of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra Archbishop Pavel welcomes the Patriarch
– visit to the Church of Exaltation of the Cross, bowing unto the Wonderworking Icon of the Dormition of the Theotokos
– common photo with the brethren of Lavra
12.00 – Session of the Holy Synod
14.40 — meeting with the President of Ukraine
16.00 — laying of flowers to the Monument of Glory
16.20 — laying of flowers to the Monument of Holodomor Victims.
16.30 – coming out to the press
17.00 – All-Night Vigils. Meeting of His Holiness the Patriarch at the Holy Gates of Lavra
July 28, Tuesday
Commemoration of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Vladimir
08.45 – meeting of His Holiness the Patriarch at the Holy Gates of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra
09.00 – Divine Liturgy
11.30 – sacred procession to the Far Caves
13.10 – looking over the construction site of the Cathedral of Resurrection of Christ
13.40 – festive reception
18.00 – participation of His Holiness the Patriarch in live broadcast of Dovzhenko TV-Studio
July 29, Wednesday
10.00 – meeting with the hierarchs, clergy, monastics, laity, teachers and students of the Kyiv Theological Academy and Seminary and the intellectuals at the Refectory church of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra
12.45 – visit to the Convent of the Holy Protection
16.00 – set-off to Donetsk
17.00 – arrival to Donetsk
17.00 – coming out to the press
17.40 – visit to the Cathedral of Transfiguration of Our Savior in Donetsk
July 30, Thursday
Commemoration of the Icon of the Mother of God of Svyatogorsk
09.00 – the Divine Liturgy at the Holy Dormition Svyatogorsk Lavra
15.00 – departure to Horlivka
16.30 – visit to the Cathedral of Horlivka
17.00 – departure to Donetsk
July 31, Friday
09.00 – departure to Sts. Nicholas and Basil’s Monastery
10.00 – visit to Sts. Nicholas and Basil’s Monastery
12.00 – departure to the airport of Donetsk
13.00 – flight to Simferopol
14.00 – arrival to Simferopol
14.45 – visit to the Holy Trinity Monastery
16.00 – visit to the construction site of the Cathedral of St. Alexander Nevsky. Blessing of the crosses.
16.30 – coming out to the press
August 2, Sunday
Commemoration of the Holy Prophet Elias
08.00 – Divine Liturgy at St. Vladimir’s Cathedral in Chersonese (Sebastopol)
11.30 – Solemnities in Nakhimova Square
14.30 – departure to Airport “Belbek” of Sebastopol
16.00 – flight from Sebastopol to Rivne
17.15 – arrival to the airport of Rivne
17.30 – departure to Korets
18.30 – meeting at the Stauropegial Holy Trinity Convent
– visit to the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity of the Convent
– Memorial Litia for the deceased abbesses of the Convent
– visit to the Choirmaster Catechization School
August 3, Monday
09.00 – Divine Liturgy at the Korets Monastery
12.00 – departure to Horodok
13.15 – visit to St. Nicholas Monastery of Horodok
13.40 – coming out to the press
15.15 – departure to Lutsk
16.00 – arrival to Lutsk. Attendance of the Cathedral of All Saints Who Shone Forth in the Lands of Volyn, under construction
16.30 – departure to the Holy Dormition Convent of Zymne
17.15 – meeting at the Convent of Zymne
17.20 – visit to the Cathedral of Dormition in Zymne
August 4, Tuesday
11.50 – departure to Volodymyr-Volynskyi
12.00 – visit to the Holy Dormition Cathedral of Volodymyr-Volynskyi
14.00 – departure to Pochayiv Lavra
16.00 – meeting of His Holiness the Patriarch at the Holy Gates of Pochayiv Lavra
17.00 – All-Night Vigils
August 5, Wednesday
Commemoration of the Icon of the Mother of God of Pochayiv
08.45 – meeting of His Holiness the Patriarch at the central gates
09.00 – Divine Liturgy. Moleben. Blessing of the bells
16.30 – flight to Moscow
