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DAYS OF THE PEOPLE OF GOODWILL 2019
Days of the People of Goodwill at Velehrad are surely the biggest celebrations connected with a national holiday of the Czech Republic. They have been taking place for 16 years already, on the occasion of the Day of the Slavonic Missionaries Saints Cyril and Methodius.
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The five-part docudrama will map the lives and work of the Slavonic missionaries Cyril and Methodius, primarily in an educational format.
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On the occasion of the “Cyrillo-Methodian jubilee”, educational workshops for children and youth will emerge, the main aim of which will be to familiarize children with the Cyrillo-Methodian legacy in an amusing and practical way.
CHILDREN WALK THE WAY OF THE TWO BROTHERS
‘The Way of the Two Brothers’ is the title of an art competition for children 3 to 11 years of age. It is regularly announced within the July Days of the People of Goodwill at Velehrad. The aim of the project is to explain roots of our culture to children, impairing a positive model for life in the present.
VELEHRAD
It is an important spiritual center, a destination of frequent ecclesiastic pilgrimages, gatherings and Cyrillo-Methodian celebrations.
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29.6.2013
Press Conference to the Days of the People of Goodwill in Pictures
On Thursday 27th June 2013 at 1 p.m. in the Exposition on the second floor of Baťa's skyscraper a press conference took place on the project of the Days of the People of Goodwill - VELEHRAD 2013, which is the peak of the celebrations of the 1150th anniversary of the arrival of Saints Cyril and Methodius to Great Moravia.
27.6.2013
Building Bridges with Christ: Czechs and Germans - Neighbors
In the year when the Czech Republic and Slovakia commemorate the 1150th anniversary of the arrival of the missionaries, Cyril and Methodius, to Great Moravia we should not forget the words of the Blessed Pope John Paul II who pronounced both saint brothers co-patrons of Europe, saying that apart from their merits in the field of culture, they fought for unity of the eastern and western church and showed the right way to unite Europe.
25.6.2013
Official Commemorative Medals Minted on the Occasion of the 1150th Anniversary of the Slavic Mission
On the occasion of the 1150th anniversary of the Slavic mission to Great Moravia, an official commemorative medal of the Czech Bishops' Conference was minted also in cheap metal (light non-corroding brass) in a plastic capsule.
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20.6.2013
Children have Taken the Way of the Two Brothers, Almost 3 Thousand Pictures have Arrived
Every year, since 2006, an art contest for children aged 3 to 11 titled "The Way of the Two Brothers" has been announced on the occasion of the Days of the People of Goodwill.
18.6.2013
Invitation to Velehrad Film Seminar
Roman Catholic parish Velehrad invites all those interested in film to the Velehrad spiritual film seminar.
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17.6.2013
International Conference "EUROPEAN CULTURAL PATH OF SAINTS CYRIL AND METHODIUS"
ZLÍN, VELEHRAD – Already second international conference on the project titled "European Cultural Path of Saints Cyril and Methodius" will take place in the Velehrad house of Saints Cyril and Methodius on Tuesday 25th June. The Zlín Region, as its organizer, is awaiting some 50 participants from 7 European countries. The conference is going to be a work meeting of national coordinators and partners of the project from countries which have so far agreed to implement the project.
14.6.2013
The Sky at Velehrad will be Decorated with Hundreds of Balloons
This year's benefit concert "Evening of the People of Goodwill" will begin with an unconventional project called "A Balloon for Help" on Thursday 4th July. On Friday 5th July, on the occasion of the celebrations of the 1150th anniversary of the arrival of Saints Cyril and Methodius to Great Moravia, an organization called Close-by Adoption will send forth some fifteen mission volunteers during the Velehrad pilgrimage. A mass release of balloons will boost this event. Yields from the sale of the balloons will contribute to the cost of the volunteers sent to missions abroad, which amounts to tens of thousands of Czech Korunas per one volunteer.
13.6.2013
Moravian Theater will Launch a World Premiere of an Opera, Libretto was Written by Bishop Hrdlička
The world premiere of an opera by Zdenek Pololáník "Night Full of Light" will be a great event and a more than interesting full stop after this year's season in the Moravian Theater in Olomouc. The libretto to the opera was written by the ordaining bishop of Olomouc, Josef Hrdlička, and the project is taking place under the auspices of Cardinal Dominik Duka and Minister of Foreign Affairs Karel Schwarzenberg.
11.6.2013
Parishes Getting Ready for the Cyrillo-Methodian Celebrations
Parishes across the country are getting ready for the culmination of the celebrations of the 1150th anniversary of the arrival of Saints Cyril and Methodius to Great Moravia.
News
29. 6. 2013
Press Conference to the Days of the People of Goodwill in Pictures
On Thursday 27th June 2013 at 1 p.m. in the Exposition on the second floor of Baťa's skyscraper a press...
27. 6. 2013
Building Bridges with Christ: Czechs and Germans - Neighbors
In the year when the Czech Republic and Slovakia commemorate the 1150th anniversary of the arrival of the...
25. 6. 2013
Official Commemorative Medals Minted on the Occasion of the 1150th Anniversary of the Slavic Mission
On the occasion of the 1150th anniversary of the Slavic mission to Great Moravia, an official commemorative...
20. 6. 2013
Children have Taken the Way of the Two Brothers, Almost 3 Thousand Pictures have Arrived
Every year, since 2006, an art contest for children aged 3 to 11 titled "The Way of the Two Brothers" has been...
18. 6. 2013
Invitation to Velehrad Film Seminar
Roman Catholic parish Velehrad invites all those interested in film to the Velehrad spiritual film seminar.
17. 6. 2013
International Conference "EUROPEAN CULTURAL PATH OF SAINTS CYRIL AND METHODIUS"
ZLÍN, VELEHRAD – Already second international conference on the project titled "European Cultural Path of...
Here are our roots.
(Blessed John Paul II, 22nd April 1990, Velehrad)
They wanted to become part of those nations and to share their destiny in everything. Here, in this place, at Velehrad, in Moravia, we can feel the historical legacy of the kingdom in a peculiar way – we can feel even those who became its keepers and guardians.
(Blessed John Paul II)
For us, people of the present age, their apostolate contains even the elocution of the ecumenical appeal, i.e. to build unity again, in a peaceful reconciliation, which later after their deaths was heavily damaged, and in the first place the unity between the East and the West.
(Blessed John Paul II)
Their work is also a very important contribution to the growth of the common Christian roots of Europe, which by their firmness and viability create one of the main contact points, which must be respected by every serious attempt at reunification of our continent in a new and topical way.
(Blessed John Paul II)
The story of both brothers, Cyril and Methodius, is a distinct example of unity.
Saints Cyril and Methodius contributed, to a great extent, to the building of Europe, not only regarding its Christian religious community but also concerning its civil and cultural unity.
(Blessed John Paul II)
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