PARIS: June 17, 2011
Program of the 12th All-Diaspora Russian Orthodox Youth Conference
THE 12TH ALL-DIASPORA RUSSIAN ORTHODOX YOUTH CONFERENCE
PARIS
July 1-8, 2011
PROGRAMME
FRIDAY, July 1, 2011
Transfer from Airports to Hotel by shuttle or taxi. Shuttle info to be provided.
Meeting of all participants at Hotel Concorde Lafayette
3 place du General Koenig, 75850 Paris
+33(0)140 68 55 86
www.concorde-hotels.com/lafayette
Check-in all day
5pm – Conference opening, vespers and dinner at the hotel.
SATURDAY, July 2, 2011
Leave Hotel – 8:30am
Divine Liturgy, feast day of St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco
Russian Orthodox Church of the Resurrection of Christ
8, rue des Bigots, 92190 Meudon
Picnic
Meeting with seminarians of Paris Theological Seminary and all-night vigil at the Church of St. Martin the Confessor and Sainte Genevieve
Trip back to hotel
Dinner
SUNDAY, July 3, 2011
10 am -- Hierarchical Liturgy
Cathedrale St Alexandre Nevski
12 rue Daru – 75008 PARIS
1 pm -- lunch at the Hotel
2 pm -- departure of the entire group for a guided sightseeing tour of Paris – 3 chaperones, 3 professional bilingual guides
This tour of inner Paris includes: Ile de la Cite, Saint Chapel, Champs-Elysees, les Invalides, Place de l’Etoile, Arc de Triomphe, Place de la Concorde, the Louvre and the Tuileries, rue de Rivoli, Centre Georges Pompidou, la Fontaine Stravinsky, les Halles, Montmartre and Sacre Coeur, Eiffel Tower
7 pm -- arrival at Hotel Concorde Lafayette in Paris
No dinner provided at the hotel – free evening
MONDAY, July 4, 2011
8:30 am -- breakfast
9:00- 12:30 pm – Round-table group meeting and workshop
Lunch
2 pm – Transportation to Russian Orthodox Cemetery in Sainte-Genevieve des Bois
Dinner at the hotel.
Choir rehearsal, free time
TUESDAY, July 5, 2011
8:30 am -- breakfast
9:00- 12:30 pm. Lectures/Workshop
Lunch
2 pm -- Pick up at Hotel Concorde Lafayette, Paris, Excursion to Versailles
Place d'Armes - 78000 Versailles
Parking area for buses near the Chateau
6 pm -- Transportation back to the hotel
Dinner at the Hotel Concorde Lafayette
Choir rehearsal/free time
WEDNESDAY, July 6, 2011
8:30 am -- breakfast
9:00- 12:30 pm – Lectures/Workshop presentations
Lunch .
2 pm -- pickup at the Hotel, transportation to Latin Quarter and Cathedral Notre Dame de Paris
Transportation to the Russian Embassy in Paris
Concert, cultural program, reception
9 pm – transportation to hotel
THURSDAY, July 7, 2011
Feast of the Birth of St. John the Baptist
8am – pick-up at Hotel
Transportation to Amiens, Cathedrale de Notre-Dame
3 Rue Flatters - 80000 Amiens
Divine Liturgy before the Holy Head of St. John the Baptist
12 pm -- Transportation to a restaurant for lunch and back to the Hotel
7 pm – pick-up at the Hotel
Dinner cruise on the River Seine:
Bateaux Mouches de Paris
Bateau le Zouave, Port de la Conference
Pont de l’Alma, Rive Droite – 75008 Paris
Conference closing ceremonies, dinner cruise on the Seine
10:30 pm – transportation to the Hotel
FRIDAY, July 8, 2011
Hotel check-out
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