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About 200 events are planned today in Moscow, on the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture. On the Day of Remembrance of the creators of the Slavic alphabet, Saints Cyril and Methodius, concerts, exhibitions, presentations and performances will be held in the capital's libraries, palaces of culture and creative centers.

11 thousand people will participate. At one o'clock in the afternoon the concert will begin on Red Square . It will end with the patriotic anthem “ Hail" “Ivan Susanin”.

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In particular, as NSN reports, a concert will be held on Red Square "I, you, he, she - together the whole country".

Also, exhibitions, presentations and performances will be organized in the capital's libraries, palaces of culture and creative centers.

It is expected that the events will be attended by about 11 thousand people.

Moscow authorities summed up the results of the festival “Moscow spring” , which took place at venues in the capital from April 28 to May 9, 2017.

The holiday will take place today, May 24, in Moscow. . . . . . Approximately 11 thousand guests are expected at the celebration. .

The concert will feature spiritual works by composers Alexander Kastalsky, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Sergei Prokofiev, Georgy Sviridov, as well as famous songs by Soviet authors and contemporary artists. At the end of the concert the anthem “ Hail" to the music of Mikhail Glinka from the opera “Ivan Susanin”.

More than 200 different events will be held throughout Moscow as part of the celebration of the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture. This is reported by the official website of the mayor and government of Moscow.

The Day of Slavic Literature and Culture, dedicated to the Day of Remembrance of the creators of the Slavic alphabet, Saints Cyril and Methodius, will be celebrated on May 24 in Moscow. One of the main venues for this holiday will be Red Square, where the concert will take place "I, you, he, she - together the whole country...", reports the official website of the mayor of the capital.

The program includes spiritual works by Alexander Kastalsky and Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Sergei Prokofiev and Georgy Sviridov, popular songs by Soviet authors, as well as a performance by Polina Gagarina. The singer, accompanied by a large combined choir of 1,200 people, will perform a song "Million voices ".

The program will be supplemented by live broadcasts from Belgorod, Yekaterinburg and Nizhny Novgorod, where festive concerts will also be held on this day.

In total, more than 200 events will take place in the capital today dedicated to the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture. It is planned that more than 11 thousand people will visit exhibitions, presentations, concerts and performances.

In Moscow, one of the main places to celebrate the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture, which will be celebrated on May 24, will be Red Square. . . . . . City authorities expect approximately 11 thousand visitors.

A variety of festivals, concerts, music and holiday programs will be held at the House of Culture “ Astrum”, cultural centers "Inspiration " And " Zelenograd”, creative center “Moskvorechye”, Palace of Culture “ Kapotnya”, Central Children's Library No. 104, Eisenstein Film Library and many others, writes the official website of the mayor and government of Moscow.

According to the official portal of the Moscow mayor, on May 24, the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture will be celebrated on Red Square.

More than 200 festive events will take place in Moscow on this day. The center of the celebration will be Red Square.

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On May 24, Russia celebrates the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture. In Moscow, one of the central venues of the holiday will be Red Square, where a concert will be held with the participation of Polina Gagarina and the Large Combined Choir of 1,200 people. The main square of the country will also feature works by Alexander Kastalsky and Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Sergei Prokofiev and Georgy Sviridov, as well as popular songs by Soviet authors, according to the official website of the Moscow mayor.

In total, more than 200 festive events will take place in the capital. . . . . .

On this day, festive concerts will be held in other cities of Russia.

On May 24, the Day of Slavic Literature, more than 200 festive events will be held in the capital. . . . . .

It is noted that more than 11 thousand people will attend the festive events.

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Until 15:00 on May 24, Ilyinka Street from Red Square to Rybny Lane will be completely blocked in connection with the celebration of the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture. This was previously reported by the online publication m24.ru.
The Day of Slavic Literature and Culture, timed to coincide with the Day of Remembrance of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Brothers Cyril and Methodius, will be celebrated in the capital on Wednesday. The main venue for the holiday will be Red Square. There will be a concert here "I, you, he, she - together the whole country...".
In total, more than 200 events will take place throughout the city on this day. . . . . . Read more about what entertainment events await citizens on May 24 here.
Read about which streets of the capital will be blocked due to repair work, as well as on which sections of roads traffic will be limited in the next few months in the material m24.ru.

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House of Culture “ Astrum” organizes a festival on the Bohdan Khmelnytsky pedestrian bridge “Slavic Bridge”. The event will start at 12:00 and end at 16:00.

A festive program dedicated to the 180th anniversary of the Russian composer Miliy Balakirev was prepared at the creative center “Moskvorechye”. The event will start at 16:00.

The "Letters from Time immemorial" program for children aged six to 16 years will be held in the central children's library No. 104. The events will begin at 11:30 and end at 12:30.

The film “Yaroslavna, Queen of France” will be shown at the Sergei Eisenstein Film Library. The show will start at 19:00.

On the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture, May 24, an all-Russian festive concert 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'. The main idea of ​​the holiday this year will be the theme of spiritual unity, the unity of the Slavic peoples and the veneration of the great cultural heritage. At 13:00 Moscow time, performances will simultaneously begin in all regions of Russia from Vladivostok to Kaliningrad. The center of the celebrations will be Red Square; live broadcasts from Belgorod, Yekaterinburg and Nizhny Novgorod will complement the concert program.

At the beginning of the concert entitled "I, you, he, she - together the whole country..." spiritual works by Kastalsky and Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev and Sviridov will be performed. Then popular songs by Soviet authors will be performed, including V. Basner, M. Blanter, G. Struve, V. Shainsky, A. Pakhmutova, A. Gladkov, I. Dunaevsky, D. Tukhmanov and others.

In the final, Russian singer Polina Gagarina, accompanied by the Great Moscow Combined Choir, which includes about 1,200 people this year, will present a song "Million voices ", with which she took victorious second place at the 60th anniversary song competition “Eurovision”.. . . . .

On May 24, Russia celebrates the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture, also known as the Day of Saints Cyril and Methodius. It was established in 1863 by the Russian Holy Synod in honor of the millennium of the Moravian mission of the brothers. In 863, ambassadors from the Moravian prince Rostislav came to Constantinople and asked to send to them someone who would “tell them the true faith in their own language.” The emperor believed that Cyril and Methodius could handle this, and ordered them to go to Moravia (now part of the Czech Republic). At first the holiday was celebrated on May 11, and in 1985 the date was moved to May 24.

Since 1991, a new city has been declared annually as the capital of the holiday.

Since 2010, the main celebrations on the occasion of the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture have been held in Moscow.

However, various events are held in other cities.

Thus, in 2017, in order to introduce citizens to cultural values ​​and popularize them, the Novgorod Rus tourist office was created in the Novgorod region, designed to promote local products, increase the investment attractiveness of the region, and help areas develop their economies by attracting tourists. Thus, cultural heritage sites will be able to act as a factor in modern development.

“Rus Novgorodskaya” will perform the functions of a regional development institution and will become a conductor of a unified tourism policy in the region, combining the capabilities of the regional government, municipalities and federal institutions.

The creation of such a tourist office is a kind of precedent, since there are no associations of a similar scale of tasks in the Russian tourism sector yet.

In Ryazan on May 24 there will be a concert of the Thousand-strong combined choir of the Ryazan region. The choir will include more than 1000 participants from the region, as well as a combined choir of students from children's art schools in the city of Ryazan, the Ryazan State Academic Russian Folk Choir named after. Popova, Ryazan Chamber Choir, Ryazan Governor's Symphony Orchestra. This year the concert will be dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Ryazan region. Ryazan residents will hear the choir perform works by famous countrymen, in particular Yesenin and Averkin.

In Perm, on May 22, the Choir Festival, dedicated to the celebration of the Day of Slavic Literature, has already started. The choral festival dedicated to the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture will be held on May 24 at 12.00 in front of the Palace of Culture. Soldatova. The festival will be attended by choral groups from all over the region, including the Big Combined Choir of the Perm Territory (about 500 people will perform on stage at the same time), consisting of several choral groups: the Choir of the Opera and Ballet Theater, the Ural Chamber Choir, the Youth Choir of the Boys' Choir Chapel, academic choir of the Institute of Culture; the women's academic choir of the Pedagogical University, the chamber choir "Lik", the choir of the music college and the choir of students of Perm State National Research University. You can see the performance of the Large Composite Choir only once a year. Also taking part in the event is the Children's Composite Choir, which will perform in the second part of the concert. It employs 335 people and consists of nine teams. The concert program includes famous songs by Russian composers from different years, as well as works of Russian spiritual and symphonic classics.

In Sevastopol, guests will enjoy the literary salon “Chersonese Lyre”, a performance by the “Lodya” ensemble from Yaroslavl, a creative meeting and a poetry program with the participation of People’s Artist of Russia Alexander Pankratov-Cherny at the Antique Theater.

Russia is not the only country celebrating this holiday. So, in Bulgaria, May 24 is the Day of Bulgarian Education, Culture and Slavic Literature.

The first mentions date back to 1803; the holiday began to be celebrated throughout the country in the second half of the 19th century.

In 1892, the text of the school-wide “Hymn of Cyril and Methodius” appeared, and in 1900, music for it. On the eve of the holiday, knowledge quizzes and letter festivals are held, schoolchildren decorate portraits of Cyril and Methodius with wreaths of fresh flowers. Of all the countries, Bulgaria celebrates this holiday on the greatest scale.

In the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture has been celebrated since the early 1990s. The first celebrations took place in the park near the central library of the capital. In Macedonia, on the day of the holiday, a mini-football tournament among schoolchildren is held in the morning, and the main ceremony takes place in front of the monument to Saints Cyril and Methodius in the city park. In the Czech Republic, the holiday is celebrated on July 5th. On this day, solemn services are held in churches.

MOSCOW, May 24 – RIA Novosti. In Russia, on Wednesday they will celebrate the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture, festive concerts will be held throughout the country, Muscovites will be able to see ancient books, and in Crimea they will hear the hymn to Cyril and Methodius.

The Day of Slavic Literature and Culture is dedicated to the Day of Remembrance of Saints Cyril and Methodius, who created the Russian alphabet and gave rise to the writing of the Slavs. Traditionally, the holiday is celebrated on May 24. On this day, concerts are held throughout the country, as well as various events dedicated to this date. This year Slavic writing turns 1154 years old.

The main festive concert will take place on Red Square. During it, there will be live broadcasts from Belgorod, Yekaterinburg and Nizhny Novgorod. The event will open with a welcoming speech from Patriarch Kirill.

“The main idea of ​​the holiday this year will be the theme of spiritual unity, the unity of the Slavic peoples and the veneration of the great cultural heritage,” RIA Novosti was told in the synodal department of the Moscow Patriarchate for relations between the Church and society and the media.

As reported on the Moscow Mayor's website, the program will feature spiritual works by Alexander Kastalsky and Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Sergei Prokofiev and Georgiy Sviridov, popular songs by Soviet authors, and will also feature a performance by Polina Gagarina. The singer, accompanied by the Large Composite Choir, which includes about 1.2 thousand people this year, will perform the song “A Million Voices.” The concert will end with the patriotic anthem “Glory” to the music of Mikhail Glinka from the opera “Ivan Susanin”.

Earlier, Deputy Head of the Moscow Department of Culture Vladimir Filippov said that the Moscow authorities will ensure complete security during the concert at the country's main venue. At the same time, he noted that security issues, especially on Red Square, are a matter of special control.

Festive events dedicated to the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture will also be held in other regions of Russia. So, in Crimea on this day, a large combined choir of the best choral groups for children and adults will perform on the steps of the government of the republic, whose performance will begin with a solemn hymn to Cyril and Methodius.

According to the official website of the Moscow mayor, also on Wednesday, an exhibition of ancient Slavic books and manuscripts will open at the Turgenev Library-Reading Room, showing archival materials of the 16th-19th centuries from the private collection of Maxim Byvshev. Visitors will see two handwritten books from the reign of Ivan the Terrible, and will also get acquainted with letters bearing the signatures of rival representatives of the Rurik dynasty, for example Stefan Batory and Vladislav IV. At the exhibition, visitors will see a unique Old Believer collection, thanks to which it was possible to discover previously unknown local autographs of the first half of the 18th century.

Earlier, for the holiday, the capital was decorated with several hundred thematic posters and digital billboards, the media facade of the Central Telegraph measuring 17 by 26 meters and the facades of book houses on Novy Arbat turned into video postcards on which you can see parchment with the first Old Slavic alphabet and a quill pen, or a monument to the founders of the Slavic writing to the brothers Cyril and Methodius.

Name day of Patriarch Kirill

On Wednesday morning at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, Patriarch Kirill will lead the Divine Liturgy. It is expected that he will be concelebrated by the clergy of the city of Moscow, as well as representatives of local Orthodox churches. At the end of the service, they will all congratulate the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church on his name day.

This year, the Patriarch called on the Moscow clergy not to give him flowers on the occasion of his name day, as is usually the case. Instead, the savings will go to help those affected by the war in Syria. The funds are sent to the appropriate trust account of the Synodal Department for Church Charity and Social Service. As the Church emphasizes, anyone can make a donation.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will also congratulate the patriarch. This, as press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov said, is on the president’s schedule of events.

The Day of Slavic Literature and Culture is celebrated not only in Russia, but also in other Slavic states; in 2017, as in all previous years, it falls on May 24. The spiritual component, along with writing, is a unifying factor for many peoples. The holiday is celebrated in Ukraine, Belarus, and Bulgaria. In Russia, in addition to numerous medium and small events, a festive concert is also held in Moscow. The unification and restoration of spiritual ties and cultural values ​​is an important component of the community of Slavic peoples and the preservation of the memory of their ancestors. Orthodoxy makes a great contribution to the development of culture, therefore, in order not to forget about the heritage of our ancestors, the day of writing is celebrated.

Origin of the holiday

This holiday has its origins from the Orthodox brothers Cyril and Methodius, who brought writing to our land and gave the people the opportunity to develop and record information using a simple and convenient alphabet. This made it possible to teach literacy to even ordinary people. Thus, the Slavic peoples managed to get closer to world civilization and become more developed, including culturally. The brothers translated some holy books into Slavic, which made it possible to begin services in the people’s native language and make it easier for ordinary citizens to understand religion.

The emergence of Slavic writing is described in The Tale of Bygone Years. The Slavic princes turned to the Byzantine king with a request to provide a teacher who would explain the holy books, since the Greek and Latin languages ​​were unfamiliar to them. Tsar Michael sent two brothers to the Slavic land for these purposes - Cyril and Methodius. The brothers compiled the Slavic alphabet, which helped to master the sacred books and contributed to the development of culture and literacy in Rus'. This happened in 863. It is believed that Slavic writing began from this date.

Later, schools teaching Slavic literacy began to appear. The name “Cyrillic” came from the name of one of the brothers, but before becoming a monk his name was Konstantin. The Slavic alphabet was based on the Greek, but with some changes so that it could be adapted to the local sound system. After the alphabet was presented to the Pope, it was approved, and services began in the Slavic language.

Thus, the consequence of the visit of Cyril and Methodius was:

• The emergence of a new alphabet and writing.
• Development of culture.
• The emergence of the ability to understand the holy books.
• Organization of literacy schools.

How to celebrate the day of Slavic writing

The first time after the introduction of writing, the Slavic peoples celebrated this event in memory of the brothers who created the alphabet. However, over time, the tradition was forgotten. In the 19th century, the revival of the Slavic peoples began, and they remembered Cyril and Methodius, who brought writing and the alphabet. The resolution on the day of celebration in honor of the memory of the holy brothers was adopted in 1863, that is, 1000 years later. The new style holiday is celebrated on May 24, previously it fell on May 11. At first, the holiday was celebrated mainly by the church; it was given state status much later.

During the Soviet era, the holiday was forgotten and remembered only in the late 80s. The first events took place in 1986 in Murmansk. At that time it was given the name "Festival of Writing".

It became a public holiday in 1991 and is now celebrated throughout the country. It was given the name Day of Slavic Literature and Culture, and events are planned for 2017. They are carried out not only by various organizations, public, state and commercial, but also by the church, promoting culture and remembering the holy brothers through the prayers.

There is no specific scenario for holding events; various symposiums, quizzes, meetings with authors, concerts and exhibitions can be organized. The promotion of Slavic culture and memory of heritage is of great importance.

On the Day of Slavic Literature 2017, the Church, as usual, organizes liturgies, missions to monasteries and children's institutions. The laureates of the International Prize of Saints Cyril and Methodius will be awarded at various events. This prize was approved by the Moscow Patriarchate and the Slavic Foundation of Russia. It is awarded to artists, public figures and government figures. These people contributed to the development of culture. A sculpture of the holy brothers is used for the award; in addition, a special medal and diploma are awarded.

Thus, the Day of Slavic Writing is one of the important holidays in Slavic countries.

Literatures and cultures and solemnly glorify the creators of Slavic writing, Saints Cyril and Methodius - Slovenian teachers.
On May 24, the Church commemorates the holy Equal-to-the-Apostles brothers Cyril and Methodius. The brothers were Orthodox monks and created the alphabet in a Greek monastery.

Story

The history of the holiday goes back to the church tradition that existed in Bulgaria in the 10th-11th centuries. The earliest data on the celebration of May 11 (May 24, new style), the day of the Equal-to-the-Apostles enlightenment saints Cyril and Methodius, also known as the “Thessaloniki Brothers,” date back to the 12th century, although they were recognized as saints at the end of the 9th century. Separately, the memory of St. Cyril is celebrated on February 14 (February 27, new style), St. Methodius on April 6 (April 19, new style), on the days of their deaths.

The general holiday of Saints Cyril and Methodius was celebrated by the Bulgarian church in the following centuries, and during the era of the Bulgarian Renaissance it turned into a holiday of the alphabet created by them. This holiday expressed the spiritual desire for church independence, national self-determination, the flourishing of education and culture of the Bulgarians, reports rsute.ru. The holiday was celebrated not only in Bulgarian lands, but also among emigrants in Russia and Romania, Bulgarian students abroad, prisoners in Turkish prisons.

The celebration of the memory of the holy brothers even in ancient times took place among all Slavic peoples, but then, under the influence of historical and political circumstances, it was lost. At the beginning of the 19th century, along with the revival of the Slavic peoples, the memory of the Slavic first teachers was also renewed. In 1863, a resolution was adopted in Russia to celebrate the memory of Saints Cyril and Methodius on May 11 (May 24, new style).

Modern celebration

In 1985, the Slavic world celebrated the 1100th anniversary of the death of St. equal to Methodius. For the first time in the USSR, May 24 was declared the day of Slavic culture and writing.

On January 30, 1991, the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR adopted a Resolution on the annual holding of Days of Slavic Literature and Culture. Since 1991, state and public organizations began to hold Days of Slavic Literature and Culture together with the Russian Orthodox Church.

During the celebration, various church events are held: services dedicated to Saints Cyril and Methodius in the Assumption Cathedral of the Kremlin and other churches in Russia, religious processions, children's pilgrimage missions to Russian monasteries, scientific and practical conferences, exhibitions, concerts.

Since 1991, as part of the celebration of the days of Slavic culture and literature, the annual spiritual and cultural expedition “Slavic Movement” has been held in the cities of Russia.

How is this day celebrated?

The secular equivalent of St. Cyril and Methodius is the day of Slavic writing. In the secular version, this is an ordinary working day, but the church traditions of celebration are much more interesting: It is customary for the Orthodox to attend the Divine Liturgy in the morning. In the church, special kontakia and troparia are sung in honor of the Equal-to-the-Apostles Brothers - Cyril and Methodius. At the end, a prayer service is often read, and the priest delivers a sermon on the theme of the holiday. The date of celebration of this day by the Catholic Church is different. Here the celebrations take place not in May, but in mid-February.

The difficult path of the saints

Cyril and Methodius came from a noble Greek family that lived in the city of Soluni. There were 7 children in the family. Methodius is the eldest of them, and Constantine, who became Cyril after accepting monasticism, is the youngest. The elder's career began in one of the Slavic principalities, where he was appointed ruler. After 10 years of service, he took monastic vows and became a monk in a monastery on Mount Olympus.

The younger brother showed a love of knowledge from childhood. He was taught by outstanding teachers of Constantinople, among them was the future Patriarch of Constantinople Photius. He accepted holy orders immediately after completing his studies, and then the life of the brothers develops like this: Constantine serves at the Church of St. Sophia as the custodian of the patriarchal library. After working for a very short time, he secretly leaves the city and goes to a monastery. Constantine is returned to the capital and appointed to teach philosophy at the high school of Constantinople. The younger brother returns to Olympus, studies the works of the holy fathers, and spends time in prayer.

The emperor sends the brothers to the Khazars to preach the Gospel teaching. Returning back at the end of the mission, they brought with them to Constantinople the relics of St. Clement, which they found in the city of Korsun. The brothers' paths separate: Saint Methodius becomes abbot in one of the monasteries located in the area of ​​Mount Olympus, and St. Konstantin remains in the city.

The emperor summons Constantine and sends him to Moravia to preach in the Slavic language. Preparing for a new mission, St. Cyril with the help of St. Methodius, compiles the Slavic alphabet, translates books into this language for performing Divine services. Having completed the translation, the brothers set off for the Moravian kingdom. Their sermons were a great success, which aroused great envy among the German bishops also in Moravia, and they complained about them to Rome. The brothers are called to Rome, where they go, taking with them a valuable gift - the relics of St. Clement. In Rome they were received with honor, and worship in the Slavic language was legalized. While in Rome, St. Constantine fell ill and accepted the highest monastic degree of Orthodoxy - schema. From that time on he became Kirill. Soon after this he died.
Saint Methodius becomes archbishop of Pannonia and Moravia, where he continues the work begun with his younger brother, because of which conflicts repeatedly arose between him and the German bishops. In 885 St. Methodius died. He was buried in Velegrad in the cathedral church.