| The 10th Festival of the Protestant Culture

October 20 (Friday)

19:00 Discussion panel The Open Society*

Around the social thought of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Participants of the panel: Dr. Joachim Klose (Konrad Adenauer’s Foundation), Dr. Marek Prawda (former President of Permanent Representation of the Republic of Poland to the European Union), Leszek Gas (President of the Office of the European Parliament in Wroclaw)

Event organized by European Parliament Office in Wroclaw.

European Parliament Office in Wroclaw, Widok 10 Street ***

October 21 (Saturday)

10:30 A jubilee service on the occasion of 500 years of Reformation in Wroclaw

The sermon by Rev. Martin Junge, former General Secretary of the World Lutheran Federation

Cathedral of Saint Mary Magdalene, Szewska 10 Street

14:00 An Open door – a walk in the Quarter of Mutual Respect and Four Denominations

The meeting place: Orthodox Cathedral of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God, St. Mikolaj 40 Street

14:30 An open session in the Old Town Hall

The ceremony of presentation of the Princess Anna Wazowna Award of the Lutheran Church in Poland. The lecture by Professor Piotr Oszczanowski, The Identity – 500 years of Reformation in Wroclaw

Wroclaw Old Town, The Main Hall

19:00 A Concert on the occasion of the Feast of Reformation **

The program includes the compositions by J.S. Bach and J.G. Goldberg. Performers: Marzena Michałowska – soprano, Magdalena Karolak – oboe, soloists of Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra, Jarosław Thiel – artistic director of the Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra

National Forum of Music, Plac Wolności 1, The Red Hall

October 22 (Sunday)

10:00 Open to each other. An ecumenical service

The sermon by Bishop Jerzy Samiec, the Head of the Lutheran Church in Poland. Musical Setting: Kleiner Chor Lübars

Lutheran Church, Kazimierza Wlk. 29 Street, Wroclaw

17.00 Open Art. The concert I’m still standing

The program includes the compositions of the classical music as well as pop and rock music from the 80s and 90s of the 20th century. Performers: Kleiner Chor Lübars, Martin Blaschke – conductor, Dobromiła Ogińska-Broniszewska – soprano, accompanied by The Slickies band, Dajana Günther – soprano, Hannes Bohlinger – trumpet

Lutheran Church, Kazimierza Wlk. 29 Street, Wroclaw

October 24 (Tuesday)

09.00 – 14.30 The Faith yesterday and today

An ecumenical scientific conference co-organized by the Pontifical Faculty of Theology and Evangelical School of Theology on the remembrance of 500 years of Reformation in Wroclaw

Pontifical Faculty of Theology in Wroclaw, Katedralna 9 Street, Wroclaw

October 25 (Wednesday)

18.00 Open Christianity

A walk and a session devoted to Dietrich Bonhoeffer

A meeting place: Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s house, Kazimierza Bartla 7 Street

October 26 (Thursday)

18.00 Music of the time of Heinrich Schütz – a concert

Performers: Joanna Klisowska – soprano, Marek Pilch – harpsichord, Radosław Dembinski – viola da gamba

Lutheran Church, Kazimierza Wlk. 29 Street, Wroclaw

October 28 (Saturday)

18.00 At the origin of Lutheran music

The program includes the first polyphonic Lutheran songs and instrumental music of the 16th and 17th centuries. The performers: the consort of Renaissance transverse flutes La Viva Fiamma and a vocal ensemble Exploratori Ensemble, conducting – Marek Pilch

Lutheran Church, Kazimierza Wlk. 29 Street, Wroclaw

October 29 (Sunday)

10.00 Open Church. The Reformation Sunday Service

Musical setting: the consort of Renaissance transverse flutes La Viva Fiamma and a vocal ensemble Exploratori Ensemble, conducting – Marek Pilch

Lutheran Church, Kazimierza Wlk. 29 Street, Wroclaw

October 30 (Monday)

19.00 The performance The Church of women *

Performative reading. Performers: Justyna Arabska and Malgorzata Jakubowska-Raczkowska. After the performance there will be a discussion on the role of women and democracy in churches.

Event organized by European Parliament Office in Wroclaw.

The office of the European Parliament in Wroclaw, Widok 10 Street