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- Title
On the history of the Apostolate of Sts. Cyril and Methodius Under the Protection of Blessed Virgin Mary until 1914.
- Authors
IVANIČ, PETER; HETÉNYI, MARTIN
- Abstract
In the second half of the 19th century, the Apostolate of Sts. Cyril and Methodius Under the Protection of Blessed Virgin Mary with headquarters in the Moravian Velehrad was one of the most important institutions that encouraged the development of the cultural heritage of the Thessaloniki Brothers and Christian and European cultural values within the framework of its missionary, cultural and educational goals. It initially developed mainly in the Moravian dioceses, but its activity soon spread to Slovakia and to the emigrant circles in America. The Association organized regular pilgrimages to Velehrad. It also supported missionary activities, for example in the Balkans or in the Russian Empire and started publishing an eponymous magazine in 1910. The unionist congresses in 1907 and 1911 in Velehrad were the pinnacle of the Apostolate's organizational activities until the outbreak of the First World War. The authors of this paper focused not only on the analysis of contemporary press and literature, but also on archival research with an emphasis on the Apostolate's literary fund, which can be accessed in the Regional Archives of Opava (Branch Olomouc). The documentary evidence is also based on recent expert literature. This paper also deals with the broader contexts of the Association's establishment, relevant political contexts, the Association's Statutes and their practical implementation, i.e. the activities at home and abroad, organizational issues, publication activities, the arrival of the Society of Jesus in Velehrad, the unionist congresses, and the most important personalities and supporters. The available options in researching the Association's activities allow us to closely inspect the forms and content of the propagation of Cyrillo-Methodian ideas, the wider role of the Church, or the Slovak-Czech-Slavic interactions and/or relations with the representatives of other non-Slavic nations.
- Subjects
AMERICA; BALKAN Peninsula; SLOVAKIA; MARY, Blessed Virgin, Saint; JESUITS; WORLD War I; ACCESS to archives; DOCUMENTARY evidence; EDUCATIONAL objectives; CULTURAL values; EDUCATIONAL films
- Publication
Slavica Slovaca, 2024, Vol 59, Issue 1, p45
- ISSN
0037-6787
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.31577/SlavSlov.2024.1.4