Ss. Cyril and Methodius 1150th Anniversary

Apart from the beginning of Advent and of another Liturgical Year, Sunday, November 27, 2011 marks the beginning of the Year of Confirmation for the Czech Catholic Church - the second year of preparations for the 1150 years' jubilee of first Church mission to the Czech soil led by Ss. Cyril and Methodius.

During the final divine service of Ss. Cyril and Methodius celebrations at Velehrad on Tuesday, July 5, 2011, the Czech Bishops’ Conference bestowed the traditional Honours of the CBC.

The 20th volume of the “Days of People of Good Will” is going to take place at Velehrad on June 4-5, 2011, as a part of the traditional Ss. Cyril and Methodius Celebrations…

On Wednesday, April 14, 2011, the Orthodox metropolitan of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, archbishop Christoph has visited the Roman Catholic archbishop Dominik Duka OP in preparation of the 1150^th anniversary of the arrival of missionaries Ss. Cyril and Methodius to the then Great Moravian Empire.

On January 25 - 26, 2011 the 83rd plenary assembly of the Czech Bishops’ Conference will take place in Prague. The two-day event in the Augustine monastery at Malá Strana will be preceded by an ecumenical worship celebration in the church of the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren in Prague-Vinohrady on Monday, January 24, at 6.00 pm.

From November 9 to 11, 2010 Czech National Pilgrimage to Rome took place as a sign of gratitude to Pope Benedict XVI. for his visit of the Czech Republic in autumn last year (September 26-28, 2009). During the General Audience on November 10 Prague Archbishop and President of the Czech Bishops´ Conference Mons. Domink Duka OP invited the Holy Father to a short visit of Velehrad (pilgrimage site in the Czech Republic) for the 1150th anniversary of the arrival of Ss Cyril and Methodius to Great Moravia in 2013.