Holiday on Red Square on May 24. A choir of a thousand voices opened a concert in honor of Cyril and Methodius Day on Red Square

MOSCOW, May 24 – RIA Novosti. Celebrations on the occasion of the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture will be held on Thursday in Moscow and other regions of Russia. On this day, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' will celebrate the Divine Liturgy in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior together with Patriarch Irenaeus of Serbia, and after that will open a festive concert on Red Square.

The Day of Slavic Literature and Culture is dedicated to the day of remembrance of the holy Equal-to-the-Apostles brothers Cyril and Methodius, the enlighteners of the Slavs. For the first time in the Russian Empire, this holiday was widely celebrated in 1863 - the year of the 1000th anniversary of the discovery of the alphabet. It was revived in the Russian Federation in 1991, and since 2010 Moscow has become the center of festive celebrations.

On the same day, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church also celebrates his namesake - the day of remembrance of his patron saint, Equal-to-the-Apostles Cyril.

According to the tradition that has developed over the past few years, the all-Russian festive concert will be held on May 24 simultaneously in all regions of the country from Vladivostok to Kaliningrad, it will begin at 13.00 Moscow time. The main celebration will take place on Red Square in Moscow, with live broadcasts from Krasnodar, Serbia and Bulgaria. The concert will open with welcoming words from Patriarch Kirill and Deputy Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Alexander Zhuravsky.

“The main idea of ​​the holiday is the theme of spiritual unity, the unity of the Slavic peoples and the veneration of the great cultural heritage. The concert entitled “When my friends are with me!” will feature compositions of Russian sacred music, popular songs by Soviet authors, as well as famous Belarusian and Russian folk songs.” , - reported the synodal department for relations of the Church with society and the media.

In particular, the State Academic Kuban Cossack Choir will sing the marching song of the Black Sea Cossacks “Unharness your horses, lads,” from Krasnodar, the hymn to Saints Cyril and Methodius will be performed from Bulgaria, and a combined national choir will perform from Serbia with the song “It’s Far Away.”

Dozens of children's and youth academic choirs will take part in the festive concert: Academic Big Choir "Masters of Choral Singing" of the Russian State Musical Television and Radio Center, Moscow Synodal Choir, Sretensky Monastery Choir, State Academic Russian Folk Choir named after M.E. Pyatnitsky, as well as VIA "Pesnyary", the ensemble "Domisolki", soloists Polina Shamaeva, Oscar Abdrazakov, Vasily Ladyuk, Bogdan Volkov, winner of the show "Voice Children" Rutger Garecht and others.

The gala concert will end with the patriotic anthem “Glory” to the music of Mikhail Glinka from the opera “Ivan Susanin”. The concert will be hosted by the popular Russian singer and actress Valeria Lanskaya. Admission to the concert is free.

On the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture, many Slavic countries host festive concerts and events dedicated to this event. This year Slavic writing turns 1155 years old.

On May 24, 2018, holiday programs in all regions of Russia, from Vladivostok to Kaliningrad, will begin at 13.00 Moscow time. The main celebration will take place on Red Square in Moscow. The event will open with a welcoming speech from His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus'. During the concert there will be live broadcasts from Krasnodar, Serbia and Bulgaria.

The main idea of ​​the holiday is the theme of spiritual unity, the unity of the Slavic peoples and the veneration of the great cultural heritage. In the Concert entitled “When my friends are with me!” works of Russian sacred music, popular songs by Soviet authors, including A. Alexandrov, A. Babajanyan, A. Pakhmutova, I. Dunaevsky, E. Ptichkin, E. Krylatov, E. Kolmanovsky, as well as famous Belarusian and Russian folk songs will be performed.

Dozens of children's and youth academic choirs will take part in the festive concert: Academic Big Choir “Masters of Choral Singing” of the Russian State Musical Television and Radio Center, Moscow Synodal Choir, Sretensky Monastery Choir, State Academic Russian Folk Choir named after M.E. Pyatnitsky, as well as VIA “PESNYARY”, ensemble “Domisolki”, soloists: Polina Shamaeva, Oscar Abdrazakov, Vasily Ladyuk, Bogdan Volkov, winner of the “Voice Children” show Rutger Garecht and many others.

Admission to the concert is free, reports the Ros-Registr website. You can easily get to Red Square from the metro stations: “Okhotny Ryad”, “Ploshchad Revolutsii”, “Teatralnaya”.

After arriving at one of the stations, you need to find a sign indicating the exit to the city to Manezhnaya Square. On the surface you need to focus on the large red building - the State Historical Museum. Red Square is located right behind the museum.

On May 24, Russia will celebrate the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture. At the press conference, the organizers explained how the celebrations would take place. According to tradition, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' will deliver a welcoming speech. Festive programs have been prepared in all regions of Russia, from Vladivostok to Kaliningrad. A large-scale concert will take place on Red Square. Dozens of children's and youth choirs will take part in it.

“We are for this holiday to become truly like this, including for families. Let someone come to Red Square, someone congratulate Kirill and Methodius on their name day - this is also part of the celebration, because a holiday that does not have a personal dimension is not a holiday, in my opinion,” emphasized the deputy chairman of the Synodal Department on the relationship of the Church with society and the media of the Moscow Patriarchate Vakhtang Kipshidze.

On May 24, a grandiose choral concert dedicated to the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture was held on Red Square. More than a dozen children's choirs from the capital took part in it.

This evening, Moscow professional, educational and amateur choral groups united into a huge combined composition on the main square of Russia to perform popularly beloved songs of the 19th-20th centuries: folk (“Oh, you are a wide steppe”), military (“Katyusha”, “We one victory is needed”, “Farewell of the Slavic woman”), children’s songs (“Sunny Circle”, “It’s fun to walk together”, “There is nothing better in the world”), songs of the Soviet period (“I love you life”, “Nadezhda”, “I I’m walking around Moscow”). Suffice it to say that such cultural events have not taken place in Russia for several decades. A huge choir of two thousand, located on a stage specially constructed for the occasion, united 27 groups, including: Choir of the Academic Music College at the Moscow State Conservatory. P.I. Tchaikovsky, State Academic Choir of Russia named after. A.A. Yurlova, State Academic Russian Choir named after A.V. Sveshnikova, Moscow male chamber choir V.M. Rybin, Moscow State Academic Chamber Choir conducted by Vladimir Minin, Choir of the Sretensky Monastery, Choir of the Song and Dance Ensemble of the Military Space Defense Forces, Patriarchal Choir of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, Children and Youth Choir of the Union of Composers of Russia "Preobrazhenie", Big Children's Choir named after V. .WITH. Popov, Concert Choir of the Children's Musical and Choral School "Joy", Children's Choir "Preobrazhenie" of the Union of Composers of Russia, and many others. Instrumental support for the huge choral composition was provided by two orchestras (wind and symphony) of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation under the direction of the chief military conductor of Russia, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Valery Khalilov.

The concert, called “Russia Sings. Our Favorite Songs” was dedicated to the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture. Every year on this day, May 24, the memory of Saints Equal-to-the-Apostles Cyril and Methodius, educators who created the Slavic alphabet and translated the Bible into Slavic, is honored. The Day of Slavic Literature and Culture is the only state-church holiday in Russia. This is not just a tribute to the memory of the founders of Slavic writing, but also a symbol of the unity of the Slavic peoples, their inextricable historical connection and common cultural heritage. The holiday was revived in Russia in 1986, and in 1991 it acquired state status. The Day of Great Enlighteners annually brings together scientists, writers and cultural figures from Russia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Macedonia and other countries. Each year a new capital was chosen to host the main celebrations. Since 2010, Moscow has become the center of festive celebrations.

The organizers of the holiday on Red Square this year were the Russian Orthodox Church, the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and the Moscow Government.

“On this cloudy festive evening, we are beginning, perhaps, a wonderful tradition - to gather together on Red Square to sing,” the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Kirill, addressed those gathered with a welcoming speech. - A song, like nothing else, unites people, and every person knows this well. When relatives and close people meet, the feast is often accompanied by a song. When soldiers go into battle, they also sing. We know that a song raises a person to military and labor feats, it mobilizes a person’s will, directs him to achieve his goal.

Today we celebrate the memory of Saints Equal-to-the-Apostles Cyril and Methodius, two outstanding people, educators who created our alphabet, grammar, who laid the foundation for the Slavic literary language, who stand at the origins of our culture. These are our ancestors who revealed world culture to the Russian people and all Slavs. It is remarkable that the first thing the brothers Cyril and Methodius did was translate it into Slavic and put the words of the Bible into this alphabet. This means that the origins of our culture are the highest spiritual ideals. And what then appeared - literature, poetry, including song poetry - all this, in the end, came from there... Many of you know that in the Church we also pray through song, we sing songs that we call chants. But many of you also know that sometimes a simple song becomes a prayer. Many people who have gone through difficult circumstances in their lives know this; people know this well.

Today I invite you all to sing, not just listen to wonderful music performed by wonderful choirs, but also sing together. Let's sing those songs that united our grandparents, fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, and which today are able to unite us as one people. Congratulations on the holiday! Christ is Risen!" - concluded Patriarch Kirill.

The holiday of Russian song was conceived and carried out precisely as a national one - the choral groups located on the stage were echoed by the entire Red Square. To do this, the words of the songs were projected onto huge screens installed in front of the stage. The musical performance was completed by the powerful tutti of the “Glory” choir M.I. Glinka from the opera “A Life for the Tsar”, colored by festive fireworks that flashed in the evening sky, brightened after the rain.

For hundreds of concert participants and listeners, this action became an unexpected and generous gift.

Watch the photo report from the concert and the broadcast of the festive evening carried out by the Kultura TV channel!

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It is already known which streets will be blocked on May 24, 2016 in Moscow for the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture.

Day of Slavic Literature and Culture 2016 in Moscow: on May 24 a concert will be held on Red Square

On May 24, 2016 at 13.00 a festive concert dedicated to the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture will take place on Red Square in Moscow.

This holiday is widely celebrated in Slavic states. It was installed in memory of the Slavic first teachers, Saints Cyril and Methodius.

From the stage of the country's main square you will be able to hear famous Soviet songs intkbbach cinema and animated films and compositions based on poems by Russian poets. The Composite Choir will take part in the festive concert on Red Square on May 24, 2016 in honor of the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture, which will include the children's choir of the Voice of Russia Radio Company, the choir of the school named after. Sveshnikov, the choir of the Sretensky Monastery and many others.

Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Kirill will address the participants of the festive event.

The concert will be held in the format of a collective song festival. All spectators will be able to become performers: lyrics will be projected on large screens, and the entire area will be able to sing along with the artists.

Day of Slavic Literature and Culture VIDEO concert

The organizers of the concert in honor of the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture on May 24, 2016 are the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, the Russian Orthodox Church and the Moscow Government.

Please note that the passage to Red Square will be open to spectators from the Historical Museum (metro station "Okhotny Ryad").

In the center of Moscow on May 24, 2016, due to the celebration of the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture, traffic will be blocked. This was reported by specialists from the information center of the capital's transport complex.

“Closings for the period of celebration of the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture, May 24 from 08:00 to 15:00,” the message said.

Traffic will be blocked on Ilyinka Street (from Red Square to New Square). In addition, there will be a short-term closure for five minutes on Slavyanskaya Square.

Let us add that the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture was established in honor of the creators of Slavic writing, Saints Cyril and Methodius, who came from a noble and pious family and lived in the Greek city of Thessaloniki.