PHILOKALLIAProgramme
CONCERTS
Chants of the Athonite Vigil
A Byzantine Music Concert
2 October 2025, 7:30 PM
The concert will present ancient and mystical chants of the Vigils of Mount Athos, featuring works by renowned Athonite monks such as Ioasaf Dionysiatis, masterpieces of Byzantine music by composers including Petros Bereketis, and traditional Athonite chants authentically interpreted by the distinguished Greek protopsaltis Christos Chalkias. The programme also presents contemporary arrangements of Byzantine music performed by the Philokallia Ensemble.
Protopsaltis (solo): Christos Chalkias (Mount Athos, Thessaloniki)
Philokallia Ensemble, artistic director: Marios Christou
The concert is held under the auspices of the Ambassador of the Hellenic Republic, H.E. Dinos Konstantinou
and with the support of the Embassy of Greece in Prague and the Holy Metropolis of Thessaloniki.
Venue: Church of Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Resslova 9a, Prague 2
Admission: 300 CZK, 150 CZK (students, seniors)
Tickets available online here
Tickets are also available at the venue one hour before the beginning of each concert.
Folk Sacred Music from Crete
7 October 2025, 7:30 PM
Traditionally, one of the festival’s concerts is dedicated to folk sacred music from different regions of the former Byzantine Empire (Asia Minor, Cyprus, Thrace, Constantinople, etc.). This year, we invite you to experience the rich musical heritage of Crete, presented by the authentic ensemble Eran. The program will include traditional religious music, love songs, and modal improvisations.
Nektarios Pachiadakis: Cretan lyra, vocals
Kyveli Sergiou: vocals, Cretan lutes, percussion
Venue: Kampus Hybernská, Hybernská 4, Praha 1
Admission: 300 CZK, 200 CZK (students, seniors)
Tickets available online here
Tickets are also available at the venue one hour before the beginning of each concert.
Sacred Echoes from Ukraine
A Concert of Traditional Ukrainian Sacred Songs
13 October 2025, 7:30 PM
Traditional Ukrainian polyphonic songs with sacred themes, alongside folk songs where God and love are woven into everyday village life. Performed by the ensemble Milánosz and Ukrainian singer Liuba Plavska, acclaimed for presenting some of the finest interpretations of Ukrainian folk music in our country. The vocal ensemble Milánosz performs Ukrainian and other Slavic folklore using the so-called “white voice” technique, and, as Rita Lyons Kindlerová wrote in 2015, “it can be said without exaggeration that this is the finest performance of Ukrainian folk songs in our country.”
Vocal ensemble Milánosz (Czech republic, Slovakia)
Liubov Plavska (Ukraine)
Venue: Church of Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Resslova 9a, Prague 2
Admission: 250 CZK, 150 CZK (students, seniors)
Tickets available online here
Tickets are also available at the venue one hour before the beginning of each concert.
Arvo Pärt and Cyrillus Kreek
Sacred Music by Estonian Orthodox Composers
15 October 2025, 7:30 PM
Experience the profound beauty of Estonian sacred music with works by Arvo Pärt and Cyrillus Kreek, performed by Ensemble Hilaris
Programme :
Arvo Pärt: Kanon pokajanen (selections), Triodion, Drei Hinterkinder aus Fátima, The Deer’s Cry
Cyrillus Kreek: Taaveti laulud (Psalms) 1, 22, 104, 121, and 141
Ensemble Hilaris, choirmaster: Kryštof Spirit
The concert is held under the auspices of the Ambassador of the Republic of Estonia, H.E Ms. Jana Vanaveski
and with the support of the Embassy of Estonia in Prague.
Venue: Church of Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Resslova 9a, Prague 2
Admission: 250 CZK, 150 CZK (students, seniors)
Tickets available online here
Tickets are also available at the venue one hour before the beginning of each concert.
Philokalia of Today:
Sound installation Silencio
16 October – 30 November 2025
A sound installation by
Jan Trojan
Miroslav Tóth
Roman Zabelov
Linda Arbanová
Opening: October 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The sound installation will be accessible daily from 5:00 PM to 5:45 PM.
Entry to the building is permitted for AMU students and faculty members; all others may enter only by prior arrangement
Venue: Gothic tower, HAMU, Malostranské nám. 13, Praha 1
This event is held with the support of the Composition Department of the Music and Dance Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (HAMU).
Dobri Hristov – Bulgarian Sacred Music
21 October 2025, 7:30 PM
A concert celebrating the 150th anniversary of Dobri Hristov, the renowned Bulgarian composer of sacred music, who studied in Prague under Antonín Dvořák.
Programme :
Dobri Hristov: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (selections), Vespers (selections)
Chamber Choir of the Prague Conservatory, choirmaster Miriam Němcová
VUS UK (Charles University Choir), choirmaster Ondřej Kunovský
Venue: Church of Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Resslova 9a, Prague 2
The concert is held with the support of the Bulgarian Cultural Institute in Prague.
Admission: 250 CZK, 150 CZK (students, seniors)
Tickets available online here
Tickets are also available at the venue one hour before the beginning of each concert.
CHURCH SERVICE (free entry):
All-night vigil on the feast of the Feast of the Protecting Veil
30 September 2025, 9:30 PM – 1:30 AM (1 October 2025)
All-night vigil with authentic Byzantine music from the Holy Mountain of Athos on the feast day of the Protecting Veil.
Christos Chalkias (Mount Athos, Thessaloniki): protopsaltis
with the accompaniment (isokratema) of
the Male choir of the Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos in Malá Chuchle,
artistic director: Marios Christou
