Dear readers,

Let us bring you information from the European Cultural Route of Saints Cyril and Methodius (ECRSCM) and wish you a pleasant reading.

Cyril and Methodius Route at the ITF Slovakiatour in Bratislava. Photo by Slovak House of Centrope.

The European Cultural Route of Saints Cyril and Methodius was presented at the Slovakiatour 2025 international tourism fair in Bratislava on 30 January - 1 February by the members of the association - the Bratislava Region, the Nitra Region and the Slovak House Centrope. The Route was presented at the Bratislava Region's stand and in an experiential way in a medieval camp of the Nitra Region, where visitors had the opportunity to taste the cuisine of our ancestors, try on period clothing, tools, weapons, as well as learn to write in Glagolitic. The offer met with wide interest of the visitors of the exhibition. Further information zde.

A demonstration of Great Moravian culture at a tourism fair in Bratislava. Photo by Nitra Region Tourist Organization.

During the first week of February, an eleven-member delegation from the Trnava Region in Slovakia visited the Olomouc Region in the Czech Republic. The main and common goal was to conclude a cooperation agreement, which is the culmination of almost a year of negotiations. The signing of the document took place on Wednesday 5 February in the Festive Fresco Hall in Olomouc. The two regions plan to exchange knowledge and experience in the fields of culture, innovation and social care. They will also establish close cooperation in tourism, for example in the development of the Cyril and Methodius Route, which  goes through both regions. Read more zde.

The Olomouc and Trnava Regions will also cooperate on the Cyril and Methodius Route. Photo by Olomouc Region.

Joy at Christmas was given out by the worksheets Journey to the Script with Hlaholníček (Glagolniczech), which were given to pupils of the 3rd grade of the primary school in Prague 10. This exhausted the stock of the Czech version of the worksheets created within the project Cyril and Methodius Route - Culture and Education without Borders co-financed by the Interreg VA SK-CZ programme, whose aim was to introduce the Cyril and Methodius heritage to primary school pupils - specifically the Glagolitic alphabet as the first script intended for writing the Old Slavonic language. The ECRSCM' Secretariat in Zlín still has about 300 copies of the Slovak version of the material including the methodology. If you are interested in these printed materials, please write to: info@cyril-methodius.eu. Electronic versions of the sheets are available for download zde.

The worksheets delighted the pupils of the 3rd grade of primary school. Photo ECRSCM archive.

The municipality and the parish of Močenok organized a seminar on the Cyril and Methodius tradition in Močenok, Slovakia on 28 November in the monastery with the support of the Nitra Self-Governing Region. The national coordinator of the ECRSCM in Slovakia, Ms. Tereza Zaujecová introduced the cultural route, which currently connects 10 European countries. She pointed out examples of good practice, including the Gorazd's Močenok National Festival of Christian Theatre and the Trnava - Močenok - Nitra Cycling Tour. The Mayor of Močenok, Mr. Roman Urbánik, highlighted the cooperation between the ECRSCM and the municipality of Močenok, which has been a member for 10 years. Various experts on Cyril and Methodius heritage from the Church and cultural circles spoke at the seminar.

Seminar on the Route in the cluster in Močenok, Slovakia. Photo by Jana Sýkorová.

The year 2025 marks the 1140th anniversary of the death of St. Methodius, the co-patron of Europe. According to the Vita Methodii biography, Archbishop Methodius died surrounded by his disciples on April 6, 885. The funeral rites were conducted symbolically in Latin, Greek and Old Slavonic. It is not yet known where his tomb lies, but according to another biography (The Prologue to the Life of Constantine and Methodius) he was supposed to be buried in the Great Moravian temple on the left side in the wall behind the altar of the Holy Mother of God.

Archbishop Methodius with his brother Cyril were born in Thessaloniki, Greece. We apologize for the erroneous caption in the previous newsletter sent on February 13.

Festival of Cultural Routes 4-5 April 2025 in Aquileia, Italy

Scholarly Conference Christian Missions in the European Middle Ages and their Intellectual Heritage. History, Notions, Ideas 21-24 May 2025 in Sofia, Bulgaria

Conference Cultural Routes - Together without Borders 4 July 2025 in Nitra, Slovakia

Evropská kulturní cesta sv. Cyrila a Metoděje, I.A.L.E.

J. A. Bati 5520, 760 01 Zlín, Česká republika

Tel: +420 733 161 674

E-mail: info@cyril-methodius.eu

Web: www.cyril-methodius.eu

Evropská kulturní cesta sv. Cyrila a Metoděje is an interest association of legal entities based in the Czech Republic, founded in 2013. It promotes the living Cyrillo-Methodian legacy and values based on respect and dialogue between people of different cultures and faiths. As a cultural tourism product, the Cyril and Methodius Route was awarded the title of a  Cultural Route of the Council of Europe in 2021. The Association European Cultural Route of Sts. Cyril and Methodius is responsible for its management and marketing.

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