Special Celebrations in 2001

Date	Celebration
1999.12.25 – 2001.01.06	Holy Year of the Great Jubilee 2000 jubilee Pope John Paul II, Apostolic Letter Tertio millennio adveniente / At the Third Millennium Draws Near On Preparation for the Jubilee of the Year 2000 (1994.11.10) Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People, Document The Pilgrimage in the Great Jubilee (1998.04.25) Committee for the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000, Document Forward of the Calendar of the Holy Year 2000 (1998.06.21) Pope John Paul II, Bull Incarnationis mysterium / The Mystery of Incarnation Decreeing the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000 (1998.11.29) Pope John Paul II, Letter “Concerning pilgrimage to the places linked to the history of Salvation” (1999.06.30) Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, Note “On the opening of the Holy Door of the Great Jubilee 2000” (1999.12.01) Pope John Paul II, Homily “Midnight Mass for the Opening of the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000” (1999.12.24) Pope John Paul II, Message “Urbi et Orbi Message for Christmas 1999” (1999.12.25) Pope John Paul II, Homily “Christmas homily, Opening of the Holy Door in Saint John Lateran” (1999.12.25) Pope John Paul II, Message “Urbi et Orbi Message for 1 January 2000” (2000.01.01) Pope John Paul II, Homily “Solemnity of Mary Mother of God, Opening of the Holy Door of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major” (2000.01.01) Apostolic Penitentiary, Document “On Indulgences during the Great Jubilee Year” (2000.01.29) Pope John Paul II, Message For the Jubilee of Consecrated Life, 4ᵗʰ Day of Consecrated Life (2000) (2000.02.02) Pope John Paul II, Homily “Jubilee for the Sick and Health Care Workers” (2000.02.11) Pope John Paul II, Speech For the Jubilee for Artists (2000.02.18) Pope John Paul II, Speech For the Jubilee of Permanent Deacons (2000.02.19) Pope John Paul II, Homily “Jubilee for the Roman Curia” (2000.02.22) Pope John Paul II, Homily “Mass in the Indoor Stadium of Cairo” (2000.02.25) Pope John Paul II, Homily “Celebration of the Word at Mount Sinai” (2000.02.26) Pope John Paul II, Homily “Jubilee of Craftsmen” (2000.03.19) Pope John Paul II, Homily “Mass in the Amman Stadium” (2000.03.21) Pope John Paul II, Homily “Mass in “Manger Square” in Bethlehem” (2000.03.22) Pope John Paul II, Homily “Private Mass at the Chapel of the Cenacle, Jerusalem” (2000.03.23) Pope John Paul II, Homily “Mass for Youth at the Mount of Beatitudes” (2000.03.24) Pope John Paul II, Homily “Mass in the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth” (2000.03.25) Pope John Paul II, Homily “Mass in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem” (2000.03.26) Pope John Paul II, Speech For the Jubilee for Dentists (2000.03.28) Pope John Paul II, Message “Urbi et Orbi Message for Easter Sunday 2000” (2000.04.23) Pope John Paul II, Speech For the Jubilee of Workers (2000.05.01) Pope John Paul II, Homily “Jubilee of Workers” (2000.05.01) Pope John Paul II, Homily “Jubilee for Priests and 80ᵗʰ Birthday of the Holy Father” (2000.05.18) Pope John Paul II, Speech For the Jubilee of Scientists (2000.05.25) Pope John Paul II, Homily “Jubilee of the Diocese of Rome” (2000.05.28) Pope John Paul II, Homily “Jubilee Migrants and Itinerant People” (2000.06.02) Pope John Paul II, Speech For the Jubilee for Journalists (2000.06.04) Pope John Paul II, Message For the Jubilee in Prisons (2000) (2000.07.09) Pope John Paul II, Homily “Jubilee in Prisons” (2000.07.09) Pope John Paul II, Speech For the Jubilee of University Professors (2000.09.09) Pope John Paul II, Homily “Jubilee of University Professors” (2000.09.10) Pope John Paul II, Speech For the Jubilee for Apostolic Nuncios (2000.09.15) Pope John Paul II, Homily “Jubilee of the Elderly” (2000.09.17) Pope John Paul II, Speech For the Jubilee of Bishops (2000.10.07) Pope John Paul II, Homily “Jubilee of Bishops” (2000.10.08) Pope John Paul II, Homily “Jubilee of Families” (2000.10.15) Pope John Paul II, Homily “Jubilee of Sports People” (2000.10.29) Pope John Paul II, Speech For the Jubilee of Government Leaders, Members of Parliament and Politicians (2000.11.04) Pope John Paul II, Homily “Jubilee of Government Leaders, Members of Parliament and Politicians” (2000.11.05) Pope John Paul II, Speech For the Jubilee of the agricultural world (2000.11.11) Pope John Paul II, Homily “Jubilee of the agricultural world” (2000.11.12) Pope John Paul II, Speech For the Jubilee of Arm Forces and Police (2000.11.18) Pope John Paul II, Homily “Jubilee of Arm Forces and Police” (2000.11.19) Pope John Paul II, Homily “Jubilee of the Apostolate of the Laity” (2000.11.26) Pope John Paul II, Speech “At the conclusion of the Jubilee of the Disabled” (2000.12.03) Pope John Paul II, Homily “Jubilee of the Disabled” (2000.12.03) Pope John Paul II, Homily “Jubilee of Catechists” (2000.12.10) Pope John Paul II, Homily “Jubilee of the World of Entertainment” (2000.12.17) Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, Note “On the opening of the Holy Door of the Great Jubilee 2000” (2000.12.20) Pope John Paul II, Message “Urbi et Orbi Message for Christmas 2000” (2000.12.25) Pope John Paul II, Message “Urbi et Orbi Message for 31 January 2000” (2000.12.31) Pope John Paul II, Apostolic Letter Novo millennio ineunte / At the Beginning of the New Millennium At the close of the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000 (2001.01.06) Pope John Paul II, Homily “Closing of the Holy Door on the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord” (2001.01.06) Pope John Paul II, Homily “Te Deum in gratitude to the Holy Trinity for the Gift of the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000” (2001.01.06)
2000.12.25 – 2001.01.01	Christmas Octave 2000 Christmas Pope John Paul II, Message “Urbi et Orbi Message for Christmas 2000” (2000.12.25) Pope John Paul II, Message “Urbi et Orbi Message for 31 January 2000” (2000.12.31) Pope John Paul II, Homily “Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God” (2001.01.01)
2001.01.01	World Day of Peace 2001 peace Pope John Paul II, Message For the celebration of World Day of Peace 2001 (2000.12.08) Pope John Paul II, Homily “Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God” (2001.01.01)
2001.01.18 – 2001.01.25	Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2001 ecumenism Pope John Paul II, Homily “Conclusion of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2001” (2001.01.25)
2001.02.02	World Day for Consecrated Life 2001 religious Pope John Paul II, Message For the 5ᵗʰ Day of Consecrated Life (2001) (2001.02.02) Pope John Paul II, Homily “5ᵗʰ World Day for Consecrated Life” (2001.02.02)
2001.02.11	World Day of the Sick 2001 sick Pope John Paul II, Message For the 9ᵗʰ World Day of the Sick (2001) (2000.08.22)
2001.02.21	Ordinary Public Consistory for the Creation of 42 Cardinals cardinal consistory Pope John Paul II, Homily “Public Consistory for the creation of new Cardinals” (2001.02.21) Pope John Paul II, Homily “Mass with the new Cardinals” (2001.02.22) Pope John Paul II, Speech To the new Cardinals and their families (2001.02.23)
2001.02.28 – 2001.04.12	Lent 2001 Lent Pope John Paul II, Message For Lent 2001 (2001.01.07) Pope John Paul II, Homily “Ash Wednesday” (2001.02.28)
2001.04.08	World Youth Day 2001 youth Pope John Paul II, Message For the 16ᵗʰ World Youth Day (2001) (2001.02.14)
2001.04.12 – 2001.04.15	Triduum 2001 Triduum Pope John Paul II, Message “Urbi et Orbi Message for Easter Sunday 2001” (2001.04.15)
2001.05.04 – 2001.05.05	Jubilee Pilgrimage in the footsteps of St. Paul in Greece Greece papal journey Pope John Paul II, Homily “Mass at the Sport Palace in the complex of the Olympic Centre of Athens” (2001.05.05) Cathedral Basilica of St. Dionysius the Areopagite, Athens (Αθήνα)
2001.05.05 – 2001.05.08	Jubilee Pilgrimage in the footsteps of St. Paul in Syria papal journey Syria Pope John Paul II, Homily “Mass at “Abbassyin Stadium” of Damascus” (2001.05.06) Greek-Catholic Patriarchate, Damascus Cathédrale patriarchale Notre-Dame de la Dormition, Damascus
2001.05.06	World Day of Prayer for Vocations 2001 vocation Pope John Paul II, Message For the 38ᵗʰ World Day for Vocations (2001) (2000.09.14)
2001.05.08 – 2001.05.09	Jubilee Pilgrimage in the footsteps of St. Paul in Malta Malta papal journey Pope John Paul II, Homily “Mass with Beatifications - “Granaries” of Floriana, Malta” (2001.05.09) Knisja San Publiju, Floriana Church of the Center of the Society of Christian Doctrine, Blata l-Bajda
2001.05.21 – 2001.05.23	6ᵗʰ Extraordinary Consistory consistory Pope John Paul II, Homily “Mass at the conclusion of the Extraordinary Consistory” (2001.05.24)
2001.05.27	World Communications Day 2001 communication Pope John Paul II, Message For the 35ᵗʰ World Communications Day (2001) (2001.01.24)
2001.06.23 – 2001.06.27	Apostolic Journey to the Ukraine papal journey Ukraine Pope John Paul II, Homily “Latin Mass - Chayka Airport, Kyiv” (2001.06.24) Pope John Paul II, Homily “Divine Liturgy in Byzantine rite - Chayka Airport, Kyiv” (2001.06.25) Pope John Paul II, Homily “Latin Mass and Beatifications - Hippodrome, Lviv” (2001.06.26) Pope John Paul II, Homily “Divine Liturgy in Byzantine rite with Beatifications - Hippodrome, Lviv” (2001.06.27) Greek-Catholic Church of St. Nicholas, Kyiv Church of St. Nicholas, Kyiv (Київ) Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos, Lviv (Львів)
2001.09.16	Pastoral Visit to Frosinone papal journey in Italy
2001.09.22 – 2001.09.25	Apostolic Journey in Kazakhstan Kazakhstan papal journey Pope John Paul II, Homily “Mass at the Mother of the Homeland Square, Astana (Kazakhstan): Homily” (2001.09.23) Pope John Paul II, Homily “Mass with priests, religious and seminarians - Cathedral of the Vergin of Perpetual Help, Astana, (Kazakhstan)” (2001.09.24) Cathedral of Our Mother of Perpetual Help, Astana
2001.09.25 – 2001.09.27	Apostolic Journey in Armenia Armenia papal journey Pope John Paul II, Homily “Ecumenical Celebration in the new Apostolic Cathedral of St. Gregory the Illuminator, Yerevan, (Armenia)” (2001.09.26) Pope John Paul II, Homily “Mass in Latin rite - External Grand Altar, Etchmiadzin, (Armenia)” (2001.09.27)
2001.09.27	World Tourism Day 2001 tourism Pope John Paul II, Message For the 22ⁿᵈ World Day of Tourism (2001) (2001.06.09)
2001.09.30 – 2001.10.27	10ᵗʰ Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops bishop synod General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops, Lineamenta The Bishop: Servant of the Gospel of Jesus Christ for the Hope of the World “10ᵗʰ Ordinary General Assembly - 2001” (1998.07.07) General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops, Instrumentum laboris The Bishop: Servant of the Gospel of Jesus Christ for the Hope of the World “10ᵗʰ Ordinary General Assembly – 2001” (2001.06.01) Pope John Paul II, Homily “Mass for the opening of the 10ᵗʰ Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops” (2001.09.30) Pope John Paul II, Homily “Conclusion of the 10ᵗʰ Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops” (2001.10.27) Pope John Paul II, Apostolic Exhortation Pastores gregis For the hope of the world (2003.10.16)
2001.10.16	World Food Day 2001 food Pope John Paul II, Message For the 21ˢᵗ World Food Day (2001) (2001.10.16)
2001.10.21	World Mission Sunday 2001 mission Pope John Paul II, Message For World Day for Missions 2001 (2001.06.03)
2001.12.25 – 2002.01.01	Christmas Octave 2001 Christmas Pope John Paul II, Homily “Mass of the Night” (2001.12.24) Pope John Paul II, Message “Urbi et Orbi Message for Christmas 2001” (2001.12.25) Pope John Paul II, Homily “Te Deum” (2001.12.31) Pope John Paul II, Homily “Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God” (2002.01.01)

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