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A group of pilgrims hike from Zašová to Terchová, a welcome awaited them at the Wallachian Open Air Museum
4th September 2023, Rožnov pod Radhoštěm, Czech Republic
On the first day of the new school year - Monday, 4 September 2023, the Great Cyril and Methodius Pilgrimage from Zašová through the Beskydy Mountains to Terchová to Malá Fatra has begun. A group of 30 pilgrims is being led along the 150 km long Cyril and Methodius route by Petr Hirsch, a well-known promoter of hiking. The route connects four important pilgrimage sites: the Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary in Zašová, the Chapel of St. Cyril and Methodius on Radhošt', the Church of Our Lady Mother of the Church on Živčáková Hill and the Church of St. Cyril and Methodius in Terchová.
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MODRÁ NEAR VELEHRAD IS BUILDING THE JEWELRY HOUSE OF GREAT MORAVIA - ANOTHER ATTRACTION IN THE CENTRE OF THE CYRIL AND METHODIUS ROUTE
1st August 2023, Modrá, Czech Republic
In the village of Modrá near Velehrad, the foundation stone of the construction of the Treasury of Great Moravia was blessed by the Velehrad chaplain Jiří Hebron. The stone with the legacy of the inhabitants of Modrá will be set into its masonry. The new, underground attraction will be built this year and opened to the public on 20 June 2024. It will offer visitors the most precious thing - finds of precious Great Moravian jewellery. This is symbolically 20 years after the construction of the local Archaeoskanzen began on the green meadow, which reminds us of the way of life in Great Moravia, including the time of Constantine-Cyril and Methodius.

25 PILGRIMS SET OUT ON THE FIRST STAGE OF THE JOURNEY FROM LEVÝ HRADEC TO VELEHRAD
26th July 2023, Levý Hradec - Kácov, Czech Republic
A group of 25 pilgrims celebrated the 1160th anniversary of the arrival of Constantine and Methodius in Great Moravia by walking the 100 km long trail of Cyril and Methodius Route from Levý Hradec to Kácov in the region of Posázaví. It is the first stage of a three-year pilgrimage from Central Bohemia to Velehrad in Moravia, which will continue with two more stages in 2024 and 2025. It is a pilot pilgrimage along the 420 km long marked Cyril and Methodius Route in the direction from Levý Hradec to Velehrad.

Saint Gorazd Nature Trail
18th July 2023, Močenok - Nitra, Slovakia
On Wednesday, 26 July 2023, at 15.00, Father Bishop František Rábek, the military Ordinary of the Slovak Armed Forces, blessed the Saint Gorazd Nature Trail. It starts at the Church of St. Clement in Močenok and continues mostly along forest roads to the Millennium Cross in front of Nitra. Father Bishop, together with 45 pilgrims, walked the 13.5 km long section of the trail and then proceeded to the pastoral centre at the Parish Church of Saint Gorazd in Nitra and further on to Nitra Castle. He walked the entire 19 km long trail and then celebrated Holy Mass together with the Auxiliary Bishop of Nitra, Peter Beno, in the Basilica of St. Emeram.

The City of Rome declared its interest in cooperation in the field of tourism development and the Cyril and Methodius Route
11th July 2023, Stare Město, Czech Republic
The signing of the cooperation agreement was confirmed at the Cyril and Methodius Centre in the Memorial of Great Moravia in Staré Město near Uherské Hradiště by the Deputy Mayor of the Metropolitan City of Rome Pierluigi Sanna and the Governor of the Zlín Region Radim Holiš. One of the areas of deepening contacts, creating joint projects and exchanging experiences is tourism. Specifically, representatives of the Metropolitan City of Rome are to jointly develop and promote the Cyril and Methodius Route certified in 2021 by the Council of Europe. They have high expectations for the Christian Jubilee Year 2025, when millions of pilgrims will be heading to Rome and other pilgrimage sites

Workshops in Slovak Folk Majolica in Modra
5th June 2023, Viterbo, Italy
History can be fun for children too! We treated them to an experience thanks to which they learned and tried something new. The Slovak Folk Majolica in Modra, in cooperation with the Slovak House Centrope and with the support of the city of Modra and the Bratislava Self-Governing Region, organized an experiential workshop on the theme of "Glagolitic".
In June, students of primary and secondary schools in Modra got the opportunity to get acquainted with the Glagolitic script in the Slovak Folk Majolica in Modra. Under expert guidance they modelled the letters in Glagolitic so that they could write their names with them. In the process, they listened to a history lecture from the period of Great Moravia and through virtual reality they could see a projection of the Neštich fortress and the ancient church in Kopčany.