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.
more information23.10.2012
From 7th to 25th November 2012, Museum of Kroměříž District, Velké náměstí 38, Kroměříž.
more22.10.2012
On 7th November 2012 at 4:30 p.m. in the lecture hall of the Museum of Kroměříž District, Velké náměstí in Kroměříž.
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The conference will take place in the Benedictine abbey of the Virgin Mary and Saint Jerome in Emauzy, in Prague on 18th October. Its purpose is to symbolically close the year 2012 which was, apart from other things, also preparation for the following anniversary year 2013 when, together with the churches of the ecumenical community, citizens of our republic and the state administration, we will celebrate a significant anniversary, 1150 years since the arrival of the saint missionaries Cyril and Methodius and also 1700 years of freedom of Christian faith which was granted by the Edict of Milan. The conference will sum up the importance of Saint Prince Rostislav for our lands and for the whole European continent and it will also show the ways we have commemorated this anniversary year. Lectures on various expert issues related to the cultural, religious and political legacy of Great Moravia for the present will also be significant part of the conference.
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From 24th May to 26th May 2013, the whole area of the Slavic Fortified Settlement at Mikulčice will liven up with a cultural and spiritual program titled "Meeting of Cultures", which is being prepared by the South Moravian region, the Masaryk Museum in Hodonín, the Orthodox Church in the Czech Lands and in Slovakia and tens of other towns and institutions.
more4.10.2012
The Museum of Moravian Slovakia has prepared an interesting educational project in the Great Moravian Empire Monument. It comes into existence on the occasion of the 1150th anniversary of the arrival of Cyril and Methodius to Great Moravia.
more21.9.2012
On Tuesday 18th September, the Archbishop of Olomouc, Mons. Jan Graubner, welcomed valued visitors. Two tens of important church dignitaries came from the Italian Milan and Rome. The impulse for this journey was, above all, the upcoming 1150th anniversary of the arrival of Saints Cyril and Methodius to Great Moravia. The aim of the journey to Moravia was also getting to know the local church and cultural monuments.
more5.9.2012
The Cyrillo-Methodian celebrations will not forget about the younger generation either. For them, organizers are preparing an art contest titled “The Way of the Two Brothers” which is by no means any novelty. Held within the Days of the People of Goodwill, it has been run since 2006, and it is successful among children. For the 2013 jubilee the contest will spread beyond the borders of our country...
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In 2011, within the subsidized program supporting activities of nongovernmental nonprofit organizations operating in the sphere of pre-school, primary, secondary and elementary art education, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports supported the creation of a publication written by Petr Piťha titled “Preparation of Celebrations of the 1150th Anniversary of the Slavonic Mission to Great Moravia”.
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From 7th September to 31st December 2012, two complementary exhibitions will be open to the public in the premises of the Velehrad House of Saints Cyril and Methodius.
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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)