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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CYRIL AND METHODIUS IN FILM
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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SCHOOL 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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Velehrad Camera Contest to Focus on Cyril and Methodius This Year

Velehrad Camera Contest to Focus on Cyril and Methodius This Year

7. 4. 2013

Velehrad: The contest wants to contribute to the celebrations of the Cyrillo-Methodian anniversary and as a means it has chosen a camera, which is a medium dear to young people. We believe that young participants of the contest will help to refresh the 1150 year old legacy of the brothers from Solun.

Young people can compete in two categories this year: primary school pupils and secondary school students. Contest themes are common for both the categories: "1150 - let us look for them anew" and "C+M in 2013". Participants may create either a trailer in the maximum length of 60 seconds, or a movie up to 6 minutes long. It is important to enclose a brief video-presentation of the author to each contribution (name, title and - above all - motivation for the creation of the work).

The deadline of the contest is 10th May. Then, the movies will be evaluated by an expert jury composed of professional film makers and representatives of the media.

Winners will be awarded several awards within the contest: a jury award, viewers award, Noe TV award and award for the winner of each age category. Results will be announced in the Noe TV live transmission on 6th June.

You can find further information about the contest on the following website www.sgv.cz/velehradska-kamera, where the contest application form is available as well.

Eva Petruchová, SGSV Pastoral Assistant

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29. 6. 2013

1150th anniversary of Cyril and Methodius

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)