Red Square will become the center of celebration of the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture. Day of Slavic Literature and Culture
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 the relationship of the Church with 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.
Tomorrow, May 24, is celebrated in all Slavic countries as the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture. In Moscow, the center of the celebration will be Red Square, where a concert of choirs will begin at 13.00.
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. In Moscow, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' will open the celebration with a welcoming address. Before this, in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, he will celebrate the Divine Liturgy in memory of the saints Equal-to-the-Apostles Methodius and Cyril, teachers of Slovenia.
35 children's and youth academic choirs will perform in the big festive concert “I, you, he, she - together the whole country...”. Singer Polina Gagarina, accompanied by the Great Moscow Combined Choir, which will unite about 1,200 people, will sing her famous song “A Million Voices”.
And the song program will be preceded by the performance of spiritual works by wonderful Russian composers Kastalsky, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Sviridov. The gala concert will end with the majestic patriotic anthem “Hail!” to Glinka's music from the opera "Ivan Susanin".
A number of festive events are planned for this date in the Eastern District. Educational, cultural and social institutions will take part in them.
So, on the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture, May 24, at 15.00 in library No. 84(Shcherbakovskaya street, building 54, Sokolinaya Gora) a program called “Russian words are a gold mine” will begin. As part of it, a thematic review and presentation will be held in the assembly hall. The Open Microphone will invite everyone to participate in poetry readings. The holiday will be decorated with a performance by the Bel Canto solo singing group.
May 24 at 13.30 in the day care department "Preobrazhenskoye" TCSO "Sokolniki"(Khalturinskaya street, building 18, Preobrazhenskoye) a lecture-conversation dedicated to the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture will be conducted by researcher, historian Pavel Krasnov.
May 27 at 15.00 in the art department Library No. 79 named after B.A. Lavreneva(Srednyaya Pervomaiskaya street, building 38/7, Vostochnoye Izmailovo) the concert “Wonderful Wonder - Russian Song” will take place. The program was prepared by the Melodiya music club. Folk singer Lyubov Gunbina will perform for the audience.
Admission to all events is free.
Elena Ptitsyna
Photo: open sources
In the capital's libraries, palaces of culture and creative centers, citizens can also expect exhibitions, presentations and performances.
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. It will pass there.
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 the song “A 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, on May 24, the capital will host more than 200 events 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.
House of Culture "Astrum" presents the Slavic Bridge festival. It will take place on the Bogdan Khmelnitsky covered pedestrian bridge, which connects the Berezhkovskaya and Rostov embankments of the Moscow River. The festival program includes interactive games, concerts of creative groups, and a master class on arts and crafts. Age restrictions: 0+. Time: 12:00-16:00.
TOcultural center "Inspiration" invites you to the concert “From the Depth of Ages”. Visitors will hear ancient romances and melodies, as well as works of Russian folklore: dance, round dance and game songs. They will be performed by students from secondary school No. 1103. Age restrictions: 0+. Time: 18:00-19:00.
Cultural center "Zelenograd" invites everyone to the concert of the academic choir "Ark". The program includes Russian classical and sacred music. The choir unites vocalists of various ages and professions. The repertoire includes classical works by Russian and foreign composers of the 16th-20th centuries, as well as sacred music. Age restrictions: 12+. Time: 19:00-20:30.
IN creative center "Moskvorechye" prepared a literary and musical program dedicated to the 180th anniversary of the Russian composer Mily Balakirev. Vocal, piano and choral works by Mikhail Mussorgsky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and others will be performed. Guests of the musical evening will also hear excerpts from the ballet “Night on Bald Mountain” and “Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks” to the music of Mikhail Mussorgsky. Age restrictions: 6+. Time: 16:00-18:00.
On the square Palace of Culture "Kapotnya" Guests will enjoy the festive program “We are Slavs”. Everyone is invited to attend master classes on making dolls, as well as take part in the “Slavic alphabet” quest with competitions and educational quizzes. On this day, educational excursions will take place around the museum and exhibition spaces of the Palace of Culture. The holiday program will conclude with a concert. Its participants will be the creative teams of the Palace of Culture. Age restrictions: 0+. Time: 17:00-18:30.
IN Central Children's Library No. 104 In honor of the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture, guests are treated to the “Letters from the Depths of Ages” program. The children will take a journey into the history of Slavic writing, get acquainted with the history of the holiday, and learn about the life of Cyril and Methodius. Children will take part in games, quizzes, master classes and competitions, such as “Collect a proverb”, “Slavic alphabet” and others. The events are designed for children aged six to 16 years. Time: 11:30-12:30.
IN Library of Cinematography named after S.M. Eisenstein The film “Yaroslavna, Queen of France” will be shown. The film is based on the plot of how an embassy from France arrives in Kyiv with the goal of wooing Anna, the youngest daughter of the Kyiv prince Yaroslav the Wise. The young princess sets off on a long journey to her fiancé, Henry I of France. This journey, full of unexpected encounters and adventurous adventures, lasted for two whole years. Age restrictions: 12+. Time: 19:00-21:00.
Moscow, May 15. On May 24, 2017, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' will lead the celebrations in honor of the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture. Every year on May 24, the Church commemorates and glorifies the holy Equal-to-the-Apostles brothers Cyril and Methodius, the creators of Slavic writing. On this day, many Slavic countries host festive concerts and events dedicated to this event.
According to the tradition that has developed over the past few years, on May 24, 2017, at 13:00, in Moscow, on Red Square, an all-Russian festive concert dedicated to the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture will take place. The organizers of the festive events are the Russian Orthodox Church, the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and the Moscow Government.
At 13:00 (Moscow time) concerts will simultaneously start 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 program of performances 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 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 this year includes about 1,200 people, she will present the song “A Million Voices,” with which she took victorious second place at the 60th anniversary Eurovision Song Contest.
35 children's and youth academic choirs will perform at the festive concert. Participants in the program will be: the Big Children's Choir named after V. S. Popov of the Russian State Radio Company "Voice of Russia", the Academic Big Choir "Masters of Choral Singing" of the Russian State Musical Television and Radio Center, the State Academic Choir named after A. A. Yurlov, the State Academic Russian Choir named after A. V. Sveshnikova, Moscow Synodal Choir, Sretensky Monastery Choir, State Academic Symphony Chapel of Russia, as well as soloists of the Bolshoi Theater. The gala concert will end with the majestic patriotic anthem “Glory” to the music of M. Glinka from the opera “Ivan Susanin”.
May 24 The Day of Slavic Literature and Culture is celebrated. Festive events will be held throughout Russia, but the main celebration will take place in Moscow on Red Square, where a grandiose festive concert will take place. on the air of the TV channel "Russia K" May 24 at 12:59 (repeat at 20:05).
The Day of Slavic Literature and Culture is inextricably linked with the names of two Christian saints - Equal-to-the-Apostles Cyril and Methodius. It is unknown what the Slavic world would be like today if it were not for these enlightenment brothers. It is to them that we owe the appearance in 863 of the Slavic alphabet, for the creation of which they adapted Greek, adding 14 more letters to the 24. This alphabet, named after one of the brothers “Cyrillic”, having undergone significant changes and transformations, has survived to this day . Thanks to the alphabet, Cyril and Methodius for the first time translated the Gospel and other liturgical books into the Slavic language, marking the beginning of the history of enlightenment of the Slavs. But the brothers’ merit also lies in uniting the Slavs “by letter and word.” It was from the moment the alphabet was created that the Slavs began to perceive themselves as a single people, with their own writing, language and culture, which became the basis for the development of statehood and civilization.
The memory of Cyril and Methodius is honored by all Slavic peoples. The holiday originated in the 10th - 11th centuries in Bulgaria. In Russia, it was established only in 1863, in the year of the 1000th anniversary of the creation of the Slavic alphabet, and by decree of the Holy Synod it was designated for May 24, and a little over 100 years later, in 1985, it was declared the “Holiday of Slavic Literature and Culture.” In 1991 it was given state status. The first full-scale celebrations took place in 1986 in Murmansk, after which every year the holiday “chose” a new capital - Veliky Novgorod, Vladimir, Yaroslavl, Ryazan, Tver - a total of 24 cities in different regions of the country, as well as Kyiv and Minsk. Since 2010, the main celebrations began to be held in Moscow.
The Day of Slavic Literature and Culture is the only church and state holiday in Russia. A wide variety of secular and church events are dedicated to it. Concerts, festivals, conferences, symposiums, exhibitions, book fairs, services and religious processions are held throughout the country.
On May 24, the main celebration will unfold on Red Square in Moscow - a grandiose festive concert, in which the Central Military Band of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Central Concert Exemplary Orchestra named after. ON THE. Rimsky-Korsakov of the Russian Navy, a large combined choir of artists from leading Russian academic and folk groups, main soloists of musical theaters, famous pop performers, theater and film actors. Conductors - Sergei Durygin, Lev Kontorovich, Alexey Puzakov, Gennady Dmitryak. The concert will feature famous songs by Russian composers from different years, as well as works of Russian sacred and symphonic music.
Viewers of the Rossiya K TV channel from all cities of the country have the opportunity to see this grandiose action on Red Square - the main celebration of the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture. Live broadcast of the concert on the TV channel on May 24 at 12:59 (repeat at 20:05).
Press service of the TV channel "Russia K"
