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The International Conference "Thessaloniki Saints and their Contribution to the Development of European Civilization" will be held on 9-11 May 2022 at the Thessaloniki History Centre
9th-10th May 2022
Thessaloniki, Greece
The event is prepared by Aristotle University in cooperation with its Centre for the Study of the Cultural Heritage of Cyril and Methodius, the Ministry of Interior for Macedonia and Thrace, the City of Thessaloniki and the Thessaloniki History Centre. The Cyril and Methodius Route and its European potential will also be discussed! The conference will be attended by members of the European Cultural Route of Saints Cyril and Methodius association - representatives of the Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra (Slovakia) and the Cyrillo-Methodian Research Centre at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in Sofia (Bulgaria). The varied scientific programme will also be enriched by the vespers in the Church of Sts Cyril and Methodius and an educational programme for pupils of Thessaloniki schools and students of the Aristotle University "The Writing Game" on the influence of the Greek script on the creation of the Cyrillic alphabet.

The international conference "Cyril and Methodius Route - Cultural Route of the Council of Europe" will take place on 17 May 2022 at the Desítka Gallery in Zlín.
17th May 2022
Zlín, Czech Republic
The European Cultural Route of St. Cyril and Methodius is organising an international conference Cyril and Methodius Route - Cultural Route of the Council of Europe, which will take place on 17 May 2022 in Zlín at the Desítka Gallery. In addition to interesting contributions from the good practices of other European cultural routes (Via Francigena, Romea Strata, the Cultural Route of Industrial Heritage, etc.), a ceremony will be held to hand over from the representatives of the Council of Europe a certificate of Cultural Route of the Council of Europe to the Chairman of the European Cultural Route of Saints Cyril and Methodius Association. As a result of the conference we hope to expand cooperation with other European cultural routes and institutions involved in the development of the Cyril and Methodius Route. In addition to the Governor and Deputy Governor of the Zlín Region, the invitation was confirmed by the Deputy Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic Ing. Vlastislav Ouroda. The conference will be moderated by PhDr. Dana Daňová, the winner of the Personality of Tourism of the Czech Republic award.

The Cyril and Methodius Route won a special prize in the 2021/2022 Tourism Grand Prix competition at the Holiday World fair trade in Prague
18th March 2022
Prague, Czech Republic
The Cyril and Methodius Route - the Cultural Route of the Council of Europe won the special prize of the COT group in the new category of the Best Sustainable Tourism Project at the 15th Grand Prix of Tourism of the Czech Republic. It was one of the 15 awarded out of the total of 52 submitted projects in the field of Czech tourism. The jury appreciated an excellent idea to present Slavic culture and history. According to the jury, it is a successful sustainable tourism project, and its international overlap and origin in the Czech Republic are also positive.

Important Roman basilicas are part of the Cyril and Methodius Route
14th Fabruary 2022
Rome, Italy
Less than a year after the extraordinary success when the Cyril and Methodius Route became a certified Cultural Route of the Council of Europe, the Association reach another significant success.
On Monday, February 14, the director of the European Cultural Route of Saints Cyril and Methodius Ms. Zuzana Vojtová signed memorandum on joint process in the development of the Cyril and Methodius Route and cooperation with two important basilicas in Rome, which have historical ties to the Cyril and Methodius mission - Basilica of Saint Clement, where Saint Cyril was buried, and the Basilica of Saint Praxedes, where Saints Cyril and Methodius sojourned during their stay in Rome. An important meeting also took place in the papal Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, where a Slavic service was approved in 822.

Celebration the Dormition of St. Constantine Cyril - the Philosopher
14th Fabruary 2022
Sofia, Bulgaria
The event presented the guide "Who, when where in the extensive life of St. Constantine-Cyril", published in 2021 as part of the series of KMNC Library "Legend". The book was published with the financial support of the National Scientific Program "Cultural and Historical Heritage, National Memory and Social Development", and its authors are Assoc. Prof. Dr. Maya Ivanova and Ch. Assistant Professor Dr. Tsvetomira Danova. The guide is addressed to teachers of history and Bulgarian language and literature, to students and pupils.

Sanits Cyril and Methodius worshipped in Devín
14th Fabruary 2022
Bratislava, Slovakia
On Monday, February 14, 2022, 1153 years have passed since the death of Constantine - St. Cyril. Elena Epišina, Director of the Russian Center for Science and Culture in Bratislava, Daniela Suchá, Chair of the civic association CYRILOMETODIADA, and Anton Hrnko, Director of the PRO PATRIA Foundation, honored the Thessalonian brothers by laying flowers at the Saints Cyril and Methodius Monument in front of the Church of the Holy Cross on the Square of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Devín. Dr. Anton Hrnko briefly acquainted with the history of the church.
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