Russia will celebrate the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture. Day of Slavic Literature and Culture

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.

Many Russian traditions are associated with the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture. But this day is celebrated not only, but also in other Slavic countries. Every year it is celebrated on the same day, May 24 - the day of Slavic writing and culture. will not be an exception. The most important link for the Slavs, in addition to writing, is also the spiritual part. The celebration of this holiday also unites such countries as:

• Ukraine;
• Belarus;
• Balkans.

A grand concert is held in the capital on this day. The essence of this holiday is to unite and restore the spiritual connection between all Slavic peoples in memory of our ancestors. For the most part, Orthodoxy influences the development of culture.

Where did the celebration of the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture come from?

This holiday originates from two brothers of the Orthodox religion, Cyril and Methodius. After all, it was they who gave the Slavs writing and the ability to leave information using a simple and understandable alphabet. This step made it possible to educate even ordinary people and teach them to read and write, which in turn gave impetus to the Slavs entering the list of civilized races and becoming educated and developed. The brothers undertook to translate some sacred Talmuds into Cyrillic, which gave impetus to holding services in their native and, therefore, understandable language. In this regard, ordinary citizens began to better understand religion.

The most famous book about the origin of writing in the Slavic language is The Tale of Bygone Years. Due to a lack of understanding of the Greek and Latin languages, the Slavic princes were forced to turn to the Byzantine king to advise them of a teacher who could explain the sacred books in their native language. And then the king ordered to send two brothers, Cyril and Methodius, to their homeland to the princes, who were to carry out his will.

They came up with the simplest alphabet in the Slavic language, which helped to read the holy books and, subsequently, became the main factor in the development of writing and culture in Rus'. The events described took place in 863. It is generally accepted that it was in this year that Slavic writing began. Since then, libraries began to be founded, which were filled with Talmuds in a language understandable to ordinary people.

As a result of the development of literacy among ordinary people, schools began to emerge in which they taught the alphabet and culture in general. The alphabet was named "Cyrillic" after one of the brothers. True, before he became a monk, his name was Constantine. The alphabet, oddly enough, is based on the Greek alphabet, but with significant changes that helped adapt it to a certain sound system. As soon as the alphabet was completed, it was submitted to the Pope, who approved it. Since then, all services have been conducted in the Slavic language.

As a result of the arrival of two unremarkable brothers to the Slavic princes:

1. A new alphabet and, consequently, writing appeared.
2. The global development of culture in Rus' began.
3. It became possible to understand the holy books, thereby facilitating the conduct of worship services.
4. Schools emerged where children were taught literacy.

How do the Slavs celebrate the holiday in 2017?

For some time after writing was introduced, the Slavic peoples celebrated this event as a tribute to the brothers who invented the alphabet. Although, as time passed, it was forgotten and they stopped celebrating.

The 19th century became a time of revival of traditions; all Slavs began to celebrate the holiday again. But it was necessary to determine the day for the glorification of writing, so it was decided to give this holiday May 24 (new style), starting in 1863. At first it was of a religious nature, that is, it was celebrated only by the church, but a little later it was given state status. They began to celebrate the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture in schools and other educational institutions.

During the Soviet Union, they forgot about this event, and paid attention to it only closer to the 90s. Murmansk boasted its first grandiose event in 1986. Then it was called the “Festival of Writing”.

In 1991, the holiday became a state holiday, and since then all of Russia has been participating in glorifying the day of the appearance of writing. Various cultural events are organized on Red Square during the holiday to raise the cultural level of our compatriots. An official name was established for this day - the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture.

At the church the holiday goes quite predictably:

• holding all kinds of liturgies;
• organization of missions along the route of monasteries;
• visiting all children's institutions.

At each of the organized events, leaders award laureates of the International Prize of Saints Cyril and Methodius. It was approved by the Moscow Patriarchate and the Slavic Foundation of Russia. The laureates are all cultural figures, artists and others. All those who made an enormous contribution to the development of education and culture. A sculpture of Cyril and Methodius is presented as a prize, and is also accompanied by a medal and diploma.

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.

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.

Day of Slavic Literature and Culture – 2017

On May 24, 2017, celebrations dedicated to the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture will be held throughout Russia. The festive events will be led by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus'.

At 13:00, an all-Russian festive concert will begin on Red Square: it is organized by the Russian Orthodox Church, the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and the Moscow Government.

At the same time (13:00), festive concerts start simultaneously in all regions of Russia - from Vladivostok to Kaliningrad. The concert on Red Square will be accompanied by live broadcasts from Belgorod, Yekaterinburg and Nizhny Novgorod. The festive concert will be opened by Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Kirill.

The theme of the holiday in 2017: spiritual unity, unity of Slavic peoples, veneration of the great cultural heritage. The concert will be called “I, you, he, she – together the whole country.” Works by Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Sviridov, Kastalsky will be performed. Famous songs by Soviet authors will be performed. Contemporary compositions will also be performed. 35 children's and youth academic choirs will take part in the concert. The concert will end with a patriotic anthem to the music of M. Glinka from the opera “Ivan Susanin”.

Admission to the concert is free.