Program of events for the Day of Mourning and Hope

June 12

at 2 p.m. presentation of the publication-photo album "Deported From Their Homeland"
Compilers of the album Benas Navakauskas, Birutė Panumienė, Violeta Jasinskienė, Elvyra Mickevič participate
Šiauliai "Aušros" museum Venclauskiai house-museum, Vytauto str. 89

5 p.m. historian dr. Darius Juodis lecture "The beginning of partisan struggle in Lithuania: 1944 summer-autumn"
Šiauliai County Povilas Višinskis Public Library, Aušros al. 62

June 14

11:59 a.m. commemoration and honoring campaign of exiles and political prisoners "Memory will not be banished"
Square near Šiauliai city municipality, Vasario 16-osios str. 62
Org. Council of Lithuanian Youth Organizations

3:30 p.m. Celebrating the Day of Mourning and Hope
Performer Rasa Serra and minstrel Ingrida Sparauskaitė-Kurienė, Šiauliai Cultural Center choir "Tremtinys" (artistic director R. Pečeliūnas) are participating. Host Virginija Kochanskytė
Railway ramp
Org. Šiauliai Cultural Center

5 p.m. St. Mass to honor the victims
Šiauliai St. Cathedral of the Apostles Peter and Paul, Aušros tak. 3

6 p.m. concert "Mother's Prayer" dedicated to the Day of Mourning and Hope
Participants are Adrijana Balsytė (soprano), Juozas Janužas (tenor), Artur Lisovs (organ, Latvia), Šiauliai Wind Orchestra (artistic director and conductor S. Vaičiulionis, conductor G. Brūzga). Conductor Gediminas Brūzga. Host Raimonda Sližienė
Šiauliai St. Cathedral of the Apostles Peter and Paul, Aušros tak. 3
Org. Šiauliai city concert institution "Saulė"

7 p.m. concert dedicated to the Day of Mourning and Hope
The young performers of the VII International Saulius Sondeckis Violin and Cellist Competition, Zakhar Bron (violin, Germany / Switzerland), David Geringas (cello, Lithuania / Germany) are participating. Host actress Nomeda Bēčiūtė
Šiauliai St. Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, Gegužių st. 57
Org. Saulius Sondeckis Arts Gymnasium

FREE VISIT TO EXHIBITIONS

June 12-22

Exhibition of prints dedicated to the Day of Mourning and Hope "You will not banish memory"
Subscription department of Povilas Višinskis public library of Šiauliai county, Aušros al. 62

June 14 - July 8

Albert Švenčionis photo exhibition "Road of Hope"
Šiauliai County Povilas Višinskis Public Library, Aušros al. 62

Filming and photography can be done during the events.