On February 6, 2020, our institute hosted the V Student Christmas carol International Festival , whose slogan is «Real Christmas in your heart». Since 2019, he has the name of the great son of the Ukrainian people Lyubomir Guzar.
The festival is held at the initiative of the Kiev Cooperative Institute of Business and Law and the Kyiv Three Holy Hierarchs Major Seminary of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church with the support of the Department of Youth and Sports of the Kyiv City State Administration and the Center of Academic Pastoral Care of the UGCC.
Participants of the Festival are students from different parts of Ukraine. They recognize themselves as part of the great Ukrainian people, stand complex tests and unite in order to comply with the principles of freedom, peace, kindness and respect between people. Once again they proved their love for the Motherland, the desire to protect and increase the best spiritual and cultural heritage of the nation.
KCIBL rector Tatyana Kaminska and rector of the Kyiv Three Holy Hierarchs Major Seminary of the UGCC Petr Zhuk opened the Festival.
Vatican Ambassador to Ukraine Archiepiscopus Claudio Gugerotti, Head of the Youth Policy Department of the Ministry of Youth and Sports of the Kyiv City State Administration Lesya Yaremiichuk, Founder of the Zarina Jewelry House Natalya Netovkina, National Artist of Ukraine Anatoly Demchuk, Father Maksym Riabukha chaplain of students, Chairman of the the Center of Academic Pastoral Care of the UGCC Father Yaroslav Pavliuk joined the congratulations of the participants. Members of the board of the Kiev Regional Consumer Union the founder KCIBL Korotenko M.F. and Medved N.P. and others were among the distinguished guests of the event.
10 teamstookpartintheV Student Christmas carol 2020 InternationalfestivalnamedafterLubomirGuzar. Students who create the spiritual wax of national culture generously shared their talents. The high level of performance and the original interpretation of the presented musical works caused sincere admiration from the audience.
As part of a project Youth Festival of Ukrainian Culture, which was held with the support of the public organization UkrainianInnovation, in this day KCIBL hosted an exhibition of works of applied art and master classes from craftsmen (weaving ribbons, motanka, paper plastic, etc.).
The festival’s laureates were:
The hosts of the festival Anastasiia Nechaieva and Ivan Vysochanskyi expressed their gratitude to dignitaries guests for their support, kind words and good wishes; and gratitude to all participants for their inspired performances and atmosphere of creativity. Gratitude to the organizers and co-organizers of this wonderful festival for a warm and friendly atmosphere, smiles, a positive charge of energy that will remain until the next meeting.
At the end of the festival, all participants performed the prayer hymn «O Great God...»