who became famous all over the world for her enchanting interpretation of Byzantine music. She will be accompanied by the excellent male Byzantine choir Cypriot Psaltic Ensemble. The concert will feature authentic Byzantine chant from Antioch and Cyprus, in both Arabic and Greek.
The Philokallia Association (philokallia, a word of Greek origin meaning “love of the beautiful”) gave this name to the first and only festival of Orthodox music in Prague because we perceive every act in sacred music, whether of composition or interpretation, as a kind of conscious or unconscious search for this pristine beauty, the Archaion Kallos.
the Minister of Culture, Martin Baxa,
the Mayor of Prague 2, Jan Korseska,
the Ambassador of the Hellenic Republic, H.E. Mr. Athanassios Paressoglou,
the Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus, H. E. Mr. Georgiose Yiangou
and with the blessings of
His Eminence Michal, Archbishop of Prague and the Czech Lands.