Programme

Thursday 4th July 2013

10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Photography workshop

venue: Arbour of Stojanov Pilgrims' House

10 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Contest in football skills under the auspices of Antonín Panenka
– qualification for the public

venue: Football playground

organizer: Orel

10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Tournament in table tennis "Make it All the Way to Velehrad“

venue: Primary school Velehrad

organizer: Orel
(table tennis for the public from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.)

10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Activities for the environment

venue: Primary school playground

organizer: Brontosaurus Movement

Experts from the Brontosaurus Movement will introduce a varied range of approaches to conservation to visitors. From the work of sophisticated professionals to small local associations of citizens and activists.

1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

Table tennis tournament at Velehrad – for the public

venue: Primary school Velehrad

organizer: Orel

1 p.m. - 10 p.m.

Hand re-writing of the Bible in cooperation with the Roman Catholic parish at Velehrad

venue: The Velehrad House of Saints Cyril and Methodius, in the premises of the Museum of the Bible

4th July from 1 p.m. to 10 p.m.
5th July from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

organizer: Roman Catholic parish at Velehrad

2 p.m. - 4 p.m.

Contest in football skills under the auspices of Antonín Panenka - finale

venue: Football playground

organizer: Orel

2 p.m.

Stojan's grammar school

3 p.m. Exhibition opening "NITĚNÁ KRÁSA: (Thread Beauty) – An exhibition of works of art made with the use of a technique of sewn embroidery in the sphere of liturgy, nature, folklore
3:30 p.m. Presentation of chosen DMS projects
4 p.m. Exhibition opening "Jít cestou naděje“ (To walk the road of hope) – this is an exhibition of the best works created by the imprisoned, which were chosen based on a competition of the same title. The exhibition will contain not only pictures but also interesting artefacts.
4:30 p.m. Presentation of church movements and communities
5 p.m. Presentation of Pontifical Missionary Works - enriched by missions related games and contests for children, a mission fair and strudel making
5:30 p.m. Exhibition opening - winning photographs of the Photography Contest Velehrad 2012
6 p.m. Exhibition opening - winning pictures of the contest in painting titled "The Way of the Two Brothers"

2 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Velehrad to Children: "With Cyril and Methodius Seriously or Not“

venue: B stage at the primary school playground

Afternoon program for families with children in cooperation with the Center for Family Life Olomouc

Dance and music performances
Brain teasers, games and riddles
Contests, games and pleasantries
Fairy tale
Interesting guests
Photography contest for children or Velehrad captured through the eyes of children

2 p.m. - 6 p.m.

Behind school with IN! allowed

venue: Primary school stage

Unconventional board games and brain teasers in the "Club of board games", cosmetic counselling, "Make a flat“! workshop. In the course of the whole program editors and creators of the IN! magazine will be available.

5 p.m. Daniel Mrózek's performance

4 p.m.

International meeting of wheelchair invalid persons

4 p.m. Holy mass for the handicapped in the basilica
5:15 p.m. Meeting of wheelchair invalid persons - hosted by Filip Tomsa, music by Pentla dulcimer music ((venue: courtyard in front of the primary school)

5 p.m.

Finale of the table tennis tournament "Make it All the Way to Velehrad"

venue: Primary school playground

organizer: Orel

7:30 p.m.

EVENING OF THE PEOPLE OF GOODWILL

A festive evening on the occasion of the Czech national holiday, connected with a presentation of remarkable projects of civil society.
Live transmission of the festive evening by the Czech Television and Czech Radio Radiožurnál at 8 p.m.

Performers:

Jiří Pavlica and Hradišťan, Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic Orchestra Zlín, Franco Vassallo, Roman Janál, Simona Houda-Šaturová, Kai Rüütel and others

9 p.m. - 11 p.m.

Program of church movements and communities

venue: Basilica - spiritual program - adoration

9:30 p.m.

Projection of a historical docudrama Cyril and Methodius – Apostles to the Slavs

venue: Open-air museum

11 p.m.

Holy mass

where: Basilica

Friday 5th July 2013

Feast of Saints Cyril and Methodius

NATIONAL PILGRIMAGE VELEHRAD 2013

Holy masses in the basilica: 6 a.m., 7 a.m.

8 a.m. Celebrated by newly ordained priests from the Czech Republic

8 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Hand re-writing of the Bible in cooperation with the Roman Catholic parish at Velehrad

venue: The Velehrad House of Saints Cyril and Methodius

organizer: Roman Catholic parish Velehrad

10:30 a.m.

Festive holy mass for pilgrims

venue: courtyard in front of the basilica

Concelebrated by bishops of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia.

Festive holy mass will be transmitted live by the Czech Television and Czech Radio Praha.

Occasion for the sacrament of reconciliation will be provided in the basilica and the courtyard.
Pilgrims can be transported by pilgrims' buses all the way to Velehrad.

The program is subject to change.