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Valorisation of the Church St George at Kurbinovo,Lake Prespa, Macedonia and Torch Initiative of the European Union in Macedonia, September 28 2018 Skopje

28.09.2018 | Скопје

On the seminar our new documentary film was shown entitled ” The Church St George at Kurbinovo, History, Cultural Significance and Conservation ”

European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018

Conference

“Valorization of the Church of Saint George at Kurbinovo from the 12th Century as a Cultural Heritage Siteon the Cultural Heritage Route in 2018″  as part of the European Year of Cultural Heritage Campaign in Macedonia

 and

Ceremony for the Initiative “Torch of Culture and Heritage”

September 28, 2018, EU Info Center / Chifte Hammam

 

AGENDA

09:00 – 09:3Registration


09:30 – 10:30 Opening of the Forum – introductory remarks:

  • Asaf Ademi, Minister of Culture
  • Eleonora Petrova-Mitevska, PhD, Director of the Directorate for Protection of Cultural Heritage
  • Panche Velkov, PhD, President of “Makedonida”
  • Viewing of a short film about the church of St. George at Kurbinovo

10:30                 Departure for Chifte Hammam (by means of organized bus transportation from the EU InfoCentre)


11:00-12:00    Ceremony within the Initiative “Torch of Cultural Heritage” organized by Future for Religious Heritage (frh.org)


 

Event hosts: PancheVelkov, PhD, and Ms. Pillar Bahamonde (Special representative of the FRH)

Reading of letters / messages for the Initiative “Torch of Culture and Heritage” (authors of the messages: Mr. Asaf Ademi, Minister of Culture; Eleonora Petrova-Mitevska, PhD, Director of the Directorate for Protection of Cultural Heritage; PancheVelkov, PhD, President of “Makedonida”; Prof. RistoSolunchev, PhD, Faculty of Philosophy; RistoPaligora, MA, NI Institute and Museum – Bitola and Frosina Jovcheska, graduate student at the Institute of Art History)

Opening of the exhibition “Sacred Places” (addresses by DitaStarovaQerimi, PhD- Director of the National Gallery and GordanaVelkov – curator of the exhibition)

 

                12:15       Return to the premises of the EU InfoCentre


12:45 – 13:4     Lunch


13:45 – 15:15       Part One – The Values ​​of the Church of St. George at Kurbinovo

 

 

Moderator: Panche Velkov, PhD, Makedonida

Prof. Elizabeta Dimitrova, PhD –The cultural significance of the church of St. George at Kurbinovo on the world Byzantine map

RistoPaligora, MA, AdvisorConservator, NI Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments and Museum – Bitola – Conservation of the Church of St. George at Kurbinovo

HervéDeclomesnil, architect – conservator, Caen, France – The arrangement of the site of Kurbinovo

Discussion


15:1515:30             Coffee break


15:3016:45             Part Two – Churches, monasteries and religious tourism


Moderator: Kristina Biceva, MA, Directorate for Protection of Cultural Heritage

Prof. Harald Schwillus,PhD, Martin Luther University – Halle-Wittenberg, Germany The Religious and Secular in the Churches and Monasteries in the state of Saxony Anhalt

Pilar Bahamonde, Manager of the Education and Culture Center of the province of Cantabria in Spain – Organization of Religious Tourism in Cantabria

Discussion


16:4517:00             Conclusions