Program
XVI International festival Of Orthodox Music
“Holy Mary Mother of God – It’s truly meet“
Pomorie, 7 – 11 June 2019
Program
7th of June – Friday
untill 16.00h – Registration of participants in the Festival Press Centre, Tourist information centre, Pomorie, St. Kiril and Methody Square, Tzar Asen N 1 Street
17.00h – Official opening of the Festival with welcoming The Icon It’s truly meet, Procession of Choirs and Water blessing
18.00 h – Meeting of Conductors and Participants (Individual and Choir members), with the Organising Comity of the Festival in the Art Gallery “Dechko Stoev”.
8th of June – Saturday
Festival Concerts, in the Church „ Rozhdestvo na Presveta Bogorodictsa” (Nativity of the Mother of God), located in the centre of Pomorie
15.30 – Concert 1
- Church Choir „Uspenie na Presveta Bogoroditsa” – Targovishte, Bulgaria, Category 1
- Male Choir from the Church „Sveta Troitsa“ – Gabrovo, Bulgaria, Category 1
- Nikolay Matrachiiski – Kostenets village, Bulgaria, Category 2
- Female Choir “Blagovestie” – Pomorie, Bulgaria, Category 1.
- Mixed Choir “Pevnitsa”, Aleksinac, Serbia, Category 3
18.00 – Concert 2
- Chamber Mixed Choir “Sveti Kliment Ohridski”- Sofia, Bulgaria, Category 1
- “Sveti Naum Ohridski” Choir – Sofia, Bulgaria, Category 2
- Choir “Pokrov na Presveta Bogoroditsa”- Sofia, Bulgaria, Category 1
- Ieromonah Yustin Zografski – Sofia, Bulgaria, Category 2
- Academic chamber mixed choir ”Gaudeamus”- Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Category 3
– 20.00 Open Stage – Chamber Female Choir „Harmonia”- Obrochishte village, Bulgaria; Choir “Belle Voci” – Haga, Netherlands; Female Choir „Hristina Morfova”- Sofia, Bulgaria.
9th of June – Sunday
08.00h Matins, Church “Rozhdestvo na Presveta Bogoroditsa” (Church of the Nativity of the Mother of God) – Pomorie
09.00h Divine Liturgy will be served by His High Reverence Bishop of Sliven Eparchy – Joanikii, together with Priests of the Parish and Guests, at the Church of the Nativity of the Mother of God (“Rozhdestvo na Presveta Bogoroditsa”)
09.00h Divine Liturgy with Festival Choirs, in Pomorie, at Holly Transfiguration Church (“Preobrazhenie”)
09.00h Divine Liturgy with Festival Choirs, in Pomorie, at St George Monastery ( Manastir “Sveti Georgi”)
09.00h Divine Liturgy with Festival Choirs, in Bourgas, at Assumption of the Virgin Marry Church ( “Uspenie na Presveta Bogoroditsa”)
09.00h Divine Liturgy with Festival Choirs, in Bourgas, at “Svetite Kiril I Metodij” Church.
09.00h Divine Liturgy with Festival Choirs, In Nessebur, at Assumption of the Virgin Marry Church ( “Uspenie na Presveta Bogoroditsa”)
Festival Concerts in the Church „ Rozhdestvo na Presveta Bogoroditsa” (Nativity of the Mother of God), located in the centre of Pomorie
15.30 – Concert 1
- Chamber Female Choir „Harmonia”- Obrochishte village, Bulgaria, Category 3
- Male Choir “Stefka Blagoeva”- Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Category 3
- Children Choir “Verbochki” – Pokrovskoe-Streshnevo, Moscow, Russia, Category 1
- Female Choir „Hristina Morfova”- Sofia, Bulgaria, Category 3
- Chamber Choir – Nish, Serbia, Category 3
18.00 – Concert 2
- Children Choir from the Church „Sretenie Gospodne” – Vinitsa, Ukraine, Category 1
- Choir Ars-Nova – Beltsi, Moldova, Category 3
- Choir “Belle Voci” – Haga, Netherlands, Category 3
- Chamber Choir „Renaissance“ – Yuzhnoukrainsk, Ukraine, Category 3
– 20.00 Open Stage – Mixed Choir “Pevnitsa”, Aleksinats, Serbia; Church Choir “Anenayka”- Timashovo village, region Kaluga, Russia,; Church Choir Choir of the Cathedral „Sveti Nikolay Mirlikiyski chudotvorets”- Stara Zagora, Bulgaria and Moscow Synodal Choir – Moscow, Russia.
10th of June – Monday
10.30 – 12.30 Open rehearsal of the mixed festival Choir, situated in Town Hall ” Prosveta 1888”
All the participants from the Festival “It’s truly meet” are welcome.
Festival Concerts in the Church „ Rozhdestvo na Presveta Bogoroditsa” (Nativity of the Mother of God), located in the centre of Pomorie
15.30 – Concert 1
- Chamber Mixed Choir “Evstati Pavlov”- Lovech, Bulgaria, Category 1
- Choir at the church “Uspenie na Presveta Bogoroditsa”- Botevgrad, Bulgaria, Category 1
- Ensemble at the church “Sveti Velikomachenik Panteleymon”- Moscow, Russia, Category 1
- Church Choir “Anenayka”- Timashovo village, region Kaluga, Russia, Category 1
– 18.00 – Concert 2
- Choir of the Cathedral „Sveti Nikolay Mirlikiyski chudotvorets”- Stara Zagora, Bulgaria, category 1
- Female Choir „Renaissance“ at the Academy of Music and Fine Arts – Chisinau, Moldova, category 3
- Male Choir “Gavriil Muzicesku” at the Academy of Music and Fine Arts – Chisinau, Moldova, category 3
- Moscow Synodal Choir – Moscow, Russia, category 1
- Mixed Choir of the Festival “Dostoyno est”
– 20.00 Open Stage – Children Choir “Verbochki” – Pokrovskoe-Streshnevo, Moscow, Russia; Ensemble at the church “Sveti Velikomachenik Panteleymon”- Moscow, Russia; Choir Ars-Nova – Beltsi, Moldova.
11th of June – Tuesday
– 10.00 – Prayer for the celebration of the icon “Sveta Bogoroditsa – Dostoyno est” (“Holy Mary Mother of God – It’s truly meet“) in the Church „ Rozhdestvo na Presveta Bogoroditsa”
– 11.00 – Final Concert and Festival Closure