December 1, 2019 – By lighting the first candle on the Advent wreath in Đardin, Advent in Split’ officially began.
The candle lighting was preceded by a sermon by Edvard Punda, Rector of the Archdiocesan Seminary, reports Dalmacija Danas.
“Don’t envy others and the beauty that is happening around us. All the good that is happening in Split and all the initiatives are our good. Advent calls us to be able to enjoy all the good around us but also to be able to recognize the good in people,” he said.
Following the sermon, Split Mayor Andro Krstulovic Opara, Split Tourist Board Director Alijana Vuksic, and DMC Director Ante Sunjic lit the first Advent candle.
This symbolically marked the start of this year’s Advent in Split, and over the next month, citizens and visitors will find a handful of advent and Christmas programs.
“Every year, we strive to change the Advent paradigm and bring it back to the way it was thirty years ago, to turn towards children and family. This year we decided to have the ice rink in Đardin and we believe that the children will be pleased this year too, and when they can’t go to school to spend time here, outside, and enjoy the ice, which is not a common phenomenon on the Adriatic. It will even be too small for all the children who will want to come here,” said Krstulovic Opara.
Magical winter scenes filled the streets and squares of Split on Saturday night, which you can see in the photos below.
On Sunday, visitors can enjoy the concert of classical music and Christmas songs, performed by the ENDeM Quartet, beginning at 11 am in Đardin. At the same time, on the Riva, Klapa Sv. Mihovil and Brass music Žrnovnica will take the stage. The youngest are invited to Perivoj, where a children’s workshop with magical animators awaits them at 11 am.
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