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.
more informationThe five-part docudrama will map the lives and work of the Slavonic missionaries Cyril and Methodius, primarily in an educational format.
more informationOn 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.
‘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.
It is an important spiritual center, a destination of frequent ecclesiastic pilgrimages, gatherings and Cyrillo-Methodian celebrations.
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The Archbishop of Prague, Cardinal Dominik Duka OP, invites you to a celebration of the 1150th anniversary of the arrival of the patrons of Europe to Great Moravia. On the day of the original feast of Sts. Cyril and Methodius, 9th March 2013, the main celebrant of the holy mass at 10 a.m. will be Cardinal Archbishop Emeritus of Prague, Miloslav Vlk.
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Venue: Černošice - MaNa Community Center (opposite to the church)
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It has been almost two years that in the premises of the Prague Archbishopric, hosted by Cardinal Dominik Duka, the National Commission for the Preparations of the Cyrillo-Methodian Anniversary met for the first time to outline the most important event of the year 2013.
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The town of Boskovice has joined the celebrations of the 1150th anniversary of the arrival od Saints Cyril and Methodius to Great Moravia and, on the occasion of this important anniversary, they have been preparing a number of interesting events.
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A group of Slovak intellectuals who live in Rome prepares the congress.
Venue: Rome
Date: 25th - 26th February 2012
12.2.2013
These days, you have the last chance to view an exhibition titled "In the Footsteps of Constantine and Methodius" in the premises of the Convent of Saint Agnes in Prague.
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A lecture by Prof. PhDr. Petr Piťha, CSc., which is organized by the CTU Academic Spiritual Administration in Prague.
date: 20th February 2013, 8 p.m. - 11 p.m.
venue: St. Bartholomew, Bartolomějská 9a, Prague 1
9.2.2013
Coordinators of the Night of Churches invite congregations, parishes and other Christian communities to participation in yet another year of the initiative, which in an occasion to invite the broad public to churches and to offer a chance of meeting Christianity in the evening and night atmosphere. This year's Night of Churches will take place throughout the republic on Friday 24th May.
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The initiative of representatives of the young generation of theologians called "Velehrad Dialogues" continues on 10th, 11th and 12th February 2013 with its second meeting at the Velehrad house of Cyril and Methodius. Hundreds of students of doctoral study programs from the Czech Republic and Slovakia will take part in the expert seminar on the following theme, "… to work it and take care of it" (Gn 2,15): God, Man and World – Cultural and Ecological Challenges of Christian Theology.
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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
In the year when the Czech Republic and Slovakia commemorate the 1150th anniversary of the arrival of the...
25. 6. 2013
On the occasion of the 1150th anniversary of the Slavic mission to Great Moravia, an official commemorative...
20. 6. 2013
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
Roman Catholic parish Velehrad invites all those interested in film to the Velehrad spiritual film seminar.
17. 6. 2013
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)