In pictures: Pope on tour

Pope John Paul ll's visit to Greece has prompted a strong reaction from the country's Orthodox Church.
The Pope is retracing the footsteps of St Paul through Greece, Syria and Malta, on one of his most controversial overseas visits.

Pope John Paul II prayed on the hillside where St Paul preached to Athenians in the first century

The Pope apologised for Roman Catholic sins against the Orthodox faith

Security was tight after protests by Orthodox hardliners who refer to the Pope as "the grotesque, two-horned monster of Rome"

No representatives from the Orthodox Church greeted his arrival

On arrival in Athens the Pope kissed a basket of olive branches and earth from a monastery

Orthodox monks had led demonstrations before the Pope's arrival

Preparations are under way for the Pope's next stop: Syria

The Pope will lead a mass at the Abbasyid Stadium in Damascus, Syria

A Syrian Catholic decorates his shop with a picture of the Pope

Pope John Paul II will be the first pope ever to enter a mosque when he visits Damascus