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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.
more informationSCHOOL OF CYRIL AND METHODIUS
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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16.8.2012
Archbishop Christopher Blessed the Foundations of Saint Rostislav’s Temple in Southwestern Alaska
In August 2012, during his mission trip to Alaska, Metropolitan Christopher of the Czech Lands and Slovakia blessed the foundations of a temple consecrated to the Great Moravian prince, Saint Rostislav, in the city of Tuluksak in southwestern Alaska. This territory is inhabited predominantly by a community of local inhabitants from the Yupik tribe, who adopted Orthodox religion from Russian missionaries more than 200 years ago, and maintain the Cyrillo-Methodian tradition familiar to us. Local believers have already gathered financial means for the construction of the temple. It will be built next spring.
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19.7.2012
NIGHT WITH THE MISSIONARIES
A festive composed evening with a multimedia projection and a concert of dulcimer music Hradišťan with Jiří Pavlica to commemorate the 1150th anniversary of the arrival of Cyril and Methodius to Moravia.
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Conference on the European Cultural Path of Saints Cyril and Methodius
On Tuesday 3rd July, on the eve of the Days of the People of Goodwill, a conference took place in Modra at Velehrad which discussed the European cultural path of Saints Cyril and Methodius. You can read more about the conference and the themes discussed in the documents attached.
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5.7.2012
Days of the People of Goodwill were a preparation for the 2013 anniversary
Today, the thirteenth year of the Days of the People of Goodwill at Velehrad culminated with the Festive holy mass for pilgrims. The main celebrant was His Eminence Cardinal Dominik Duka, Archbishop of Prague. Concelebrants were bishops of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia.
4.7.2012
Exhibition of Klara Folvarska-Roseova illustrations at Velehrad
Within the Cyrillo-Methodian celebrations "Days of the People of Goodwill" an exhibition opening took place which introduced illustrations to Petr Piťha's book "Hear the Word and Sing the Song".
23.6.2012
Transformation of the Velehrad pilgrims’ premises: restoration and innovation press release 15th June 2012
In the past two years and a half, the Velehrad place of pilgrimage has gone through a fundamental transformation, in its extent comparable only to the construction works which the extensive fire called for in the Velehrad monastery in 1781.
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12.6.2012
Act in a movie and contribute to the birth of a significant Christian work
The Czech Television and the Three Brothers Company are looking for extras into a Slavonic village for shooting the historical series ‘Cyril and Methodius’. The shooting takes place in the Modrá open-air museum on 26th June, 28th June - 2nd July 2012, and in Prague on 4th July - 31st July 2012. Those interested, please, register at 725 919 920, or by E-mail komparz@historicalmovie.com.
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An international conference on the lives and mission of Saints Cyril and Methodius
The Papal Eastern Institute and the Gregorian University will host an international conference on the lives and mission of Saints Cyril and Methodius on the occasion of the 1150th anniversary of their arrival to Great Moravia. Conferences will take place on 25th and 26th February 2013 under the auspices of Cardinal Jozef Tomko, the Emeritus Prefect of the Congregation for Evangelization of Nations and Archbishop Cyril Vasil, the secretary of the Congregation for Eastern Churches. Like the above mentioned Slovak cardinal stated, the conference is supposed to spread awareness of the work and mission of the Slavonic missionaries.
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31.5.2012
Saints Cyril and Methodius sculpture in Brno according to sculptor Matoušek
On 23rd September 2011 the Brno Bishopric announced an art contest “Proposal for the depicting of a Saints Cyril and Methodius monument in Brno and its realization”.
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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...
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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