Grigore Vieru's coffin will stay in the hall of the National Opera House until 12:00PM, after which the cortege will proceed to the Monument to Stephen the Great. By 2:00PM, the funeral procession is expected to arrive at the Central Cemetery on Armeneasca Street, where a mass meeting will take place to commemorate the great poet. Public and cultural figures will deliver speeches. After inhumation, a commemorative meal will be served at the National Palace by 3:00 PM, which is expected to be attended by all those who knew and loved the poet, Academician Mihai Cimpoi, president of the Moldovan Writers Union, told Info-Prim Neo.