Programme

Choir preparations

13:00–15:00 – Registration of arriving participants at the Tourist Information Centre.
15:00–17:00 – Acoustic rehearsals in the church, according to schedule.

Opening ceremony

17:20 – Gathering of participants and guests in front of the Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos.
17:30 – Welcoming the icon of the Theotokos “It Is Truly Meet” in front of the church, procession into the church and a short prayer service.
Around 17:40 – Official opening.
18:00 – First festival concert

Women’s Choir “Dostoyno Est” – Lovech
Desislava and Silvia Mladenski – Botevgrad
Trio at the Shipka Monastery – Shipka
Choir of the Parallel Course at Sofia Theological Seminary “St John of Rila” – Sofia

08:00 – Matins, sung by the Choir of the Parallel Course at Sofia Theological Seminary and the Trio at the Shipka Monastery.
09:00 – Divine Liturgy, sung by the Trio at the Shipka Monastery and the “Dostoyno Est” Choir – Lovech.

Acoustic rehearsals in the church, according to schedule.

18:00 – Second festival concert

Church Choir “Blagoveshtenie” at Holy Trinity Church – Lovech
Mixed Choir “Rilski Zvutsi” at Zora-1858 Community Centre – Dupnitsa
Ladies’ Chamber Choir “Lira” at Lira Singing Club – Sofia
Byzantine Choir “Melodesos” – Varna
Construction Choir Collective – Vienna, Austria

20:00 – Open-air stage

Choir of the Parallel Course at Sofia Theological Seminary “St John of Rila” – Sofia, and Construction Choir Collective – Vienna, Austria

Acoustic rehearsals in the church, according to schedule.

10:30–12:30 – Conductors’ meeting at the Dechko Stoev Art Gallery.

18:00 – Third festival concert

Choir of 91 German Language High School “Prof. Konstantin Galabov” – Sofia
Men’s Choir “St Ivan of Rila” – Dupnitsa
Representative Women’s Choir “Zlatna Lira” at Targovishte Municipality
N Choir – Vienna, Austria
Kalin Kirilov and a group of ison singers – Sofia
Choir at the Church of the Holy Ascension – Plovdiv

20:00 – Open-air stage

Representative Choir “Zlatna Lira” at Targovishte Municipality, Choir of 91 German Language High School “Prof. Konstantin Galabov”, and “Ave Musica” Choir – Sofia

Acoustic rehearsals in the church, according to schedule.

10:00–12:30 – Rehearsal of the “Dostoyno Est” Combined Festival Choir in the hall of the Prosveta-1888 Community Centre.

16:00 – Fourth festival concert

Ladies’ Choir “St John Chrysostom” at the Ancient Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos – Varna
Orthodox Choir “St Clement of Ohrid” – Sofia
Choir “Ave Musica” – Sofia
Choir “Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos” at the Church of the Protection of the Theotokos – Sofia

18:00 – Fifth festival concert

Academic Chamber Choir “Gaudeamus” at the Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts “Prof. Asen Diamandiev” – Plovdiv
Choir “St Naum of Ohrid” – Sofia
Representative Choir “St Apostle Carpus” at the Holy Metropolis of Stara Zagora
Combined Festival Choir “Dostoyno Est”

20:00 – Open-air stage

Concert by the world-renowned Orthodox clergyman Schema-Archimandrite Seraphim Bit-Kharibi of the Georgian Orthodox Church, together with his Choir of the Monastery of the Thirteen Holy Assyrian Fathers. The programme includes chants in Georgian and Aramaic, the language spoken by Christ.

More information: https://www.pomorie.bg/shiarhimandrit-serafim-shte-gostuva-na-festivala-vsveta-bogoroditsa-dostoyno-estyv-v-pomorie/

07:30 – Matins at the Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos, sung by festival participants.
08:30 – Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos, sung by festival participants.
09:00 – Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord and at St George the Victorious Monastery, sung by festival participants.
11:30 – Closing concert and official closing of the festival.