{"id":43537,"date":"2026-02-12T17:29:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T15:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/event\/traditional-chanting-bishop-motiejus-valancius-is-forever-alive-in-kantickos\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T17:29:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T15:29:47","slug":"traditional-chanting-bishop-motiejus-valancius-is-forever-alive-in-kantickos","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/event\/traditional-chanting-bishop-motiejus-valancius-is-forever-alive-in-kantickos\/","title":{"rendered":"Traditional chanting &#8220;Bishop Motiejus Valan\u010dius is forever alive in Kanti\u010dkos&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs\">26 February. 17.30 Klaip\u0117da Ethnoculture Centre (Dar\u017e\u0173 g. 10) will host an evening of traditional chants &#8220;Bishop Motiejus Valan\u010dius is forever alive in the canticles&#8221;. <\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\">This year, the Diocese of Tel\u0161iai celebrates its 100th anniversary and the 225th anniversary of the birth of the Bishop of Samogitian Diocese, Motiejus Kazimieras Valan\u010dius. The anniversary year invites us to rediscover the Great Bishop of Samogitia &#8211; he was not only a novelist, not only an organiser of the sobriety movement, but first and foremost a shepherd and a cultural diplomat, who was concerned about the salvation and the immortality of his faithful and his countrymen. For these noble purposes, he chose the publication of prayer books and hymnals &#8211; through the printed word, through hymns, he brought the Good News to every home.  <\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\">This evening we will honour the Great Bishop of Samogitia, Motiejus Valan\u010dius, by singing hymns he wrote in the &#8220;Palanga Juze&#8221; and in the canticles. The hymns will be sung by the Klaip\u0117da Mary Queen of Peace Parish Folk Singing Ensemble (directed by V. Budreckis), the evening will be hosted by Fr. Prof. Dr. Saulius Stumbra.  <\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\">Free event<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>26 February. 17.30 Klaip\u0117da Ethnoculture Centre (Dar\u017e\u0173 g. 10) will host an evening of traditional chants &#8220;Bishop Motiejus Valan\u010dius is forever alive in the canticles&#8221;. This year, the Diocese of Tel\u0161iai celebrates its 100th anniversary and the 225th anniversary of the birth of the Bishop of Samogitian Diocese, Motiejus Kazimieras Valan\u010dius. The anniversary year invites [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":43419,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"mec_category":[620],"class_list":["post-43537","mec-events","type-mec-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mec_category-meetings-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events\/43537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mec-events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43537"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43537"},{"taxonomy":"mec_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec_category?post=43537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}