Funeral celebrations in Warsaw, Saturday, April 17, 2010

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:00 a.m. Religious farewell to the last Polish President in Exile, RYSZARD KACZOROWSKI (91), at St.Cross Church, leg by former Primate of Poland, Cardinal Jozef Glemp. 12:00 p.m. State ceremony to bid farewell to the late PRESIDENT OF POLAND LECH KACZYNSKI, MARIA KACZYNSKI and the 94 other victims of the Smolensk plane crash on April 10, 2010 --- at Pilsudski Quare (former Victory Square) in the center of Warsaw. Even one million participants are expected.

01:00 p.m. A solemn Holy Mass, celebrated by the Polish Episcopate Members to honor all victims of the catastrophe at Smolensk -- at the Pilsudski Square in Warsaw. See some pictures of an altar, crowds of people etc.: 05:00 p.m. The coffins with the dead bodies of President L. Kaczynski and his Wife will be moved from the Presidential Palace to St John's Cathedral in Warsaw Old Town. 06:00 p.m. A solemn Holy Mass in intention of the late President Kaczynski and his Wife Maria, at the Warsaw Archbishops Cathedrak, St John's Cathedral, at the Old Town, Warsaw. The Mass will be celebrated by Archbishop of Warsaw, Monsignore Kazimierz Nycz. Source: Polish Press Agency, Warsaw