January 1 Ecumenical
celebration in St. Vitus cathedral in Prague
January 4 Funeral
valediction for Metropolitan Dorothey in Prague
January 8 Solemn
services of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church at the 80th
anniversary of CČSH establishment, held in St. Nicholas
church at
the Old Town
Square, Prague
January 9-16 Alliance week
of prayers ľ nationwide (and international)
January 18-25 Prayer week for
Unity among Christians ľ nationwide (and interna-
tional)
beginning of February ľ Meeting of Presidium of the Conference of European Chur-
ches (CEC)
and European Bishops Conferences of the Roman Cat-
holic Church
(CCEE) in Prague; sign-up of Agreement on coopera-
tion
February 5 Ecumenical
service in the Bethlehem chapel in Prague attended
by
representatives of the CEC and CCEE
February 5 Seminary
ôRoma children in the white families" in Prague, prepa-
red by the
ECC Committee for Roma people
February 7 Secretary
General of CEC, Dr.K.Clements met with representati-
ves of
churches of the Ecumenical Council of Churches (ECC) in
Prague
February 26 Seminary on
Christian ethics held by the ECC in Prague
April 7-9 Meeting
of national coordinators for the Central and Eastern Euro-
pe in Prague
(held by the Ecumenical Forum of Christian European
Women and the
ECC Women-s Committee)
April 13 Opening
of the project ôHandwritten Bible", Prague, Carolinum
April 24 Broadcasting
of discussion on work of the Ecumenical Council of
Churches
(ECC) in the Radio Free Europe
May 9 Visit
of the women-s delegation in the house of Sisters of Boromey
in Prague-5,
ěepy (= House of Social Work for old people and cor-
rectional
institutions for women with lighter sentences. These sen-
tenced women
take care for these old and sick people ľ what is
the unique
project within the Czech Rep.)
June 5-7 Sister
Eliška Langerfeld (the hospital pastor at Niesky, Germany)
realized a
work visit to Prague
June 23 Steering
committee of ECC has established an ECC Youth Com-
mittee
July 2 Ecumenical
service in Prague, held in St. Vitus Cathedral within the
project
Prague 2000 ľ European Town of Culture, attended by re-
presentatives
of the partnership cities Bologna, Brussels, Helsinki,
Krakow ľ a
sermon was preached by brother Pavel Smetana, Pre-
sident of ECC
July 5 National
pilgrimage to Velehrad ľ Commemoration of Cyril and
Metodýj, the
greeting was presented by brother Pavel Smetana on
behalf of ECC
July 6 Commemoration
of Master Jan Hus (burn to death at Constance,
1415) at more
places in the Czech Rep., the service was held in
Bethlehem
chapel in Prague ľ the preaching was served by a CČSH
bishop, Jana
Őilerová
July 7 Proclamation
of the Old-Catholic church in the Czech Rep. to bles-
sing of Pope
Pius IX
July 16-23 Ecumenical
meeting with Bible and art at Bechyný town
July 30-August 3 Special committee of
the World Council of Churches (further WCC)
for
questions, related to presence of Orthodox churches in WCC,
met in
VilÚmov near Olomouc, and visited Prague, too.
August 14-17 Delegation of
the youth from the Presbyterian Church, USA (Cali-
fornia State)
visited ECC (within their trip to Rumania, where mem-
bers of the
delegation were helping with cleaning the church buil-
dings)
August 31 ľ September 2 - European seminary, held in Prague-Dejvice, organized by
the Union of
Catholic women
September 1-7 Christian
churches at Pilsen held an action "Seven good news"
September 8 Meeting of
Slovak and Czech Ecumenical Council at St. Jura near
Bratislava
September 12 Meeting of the
Czech ecumene with bishop Renz at Evangelical
Theological
Faculty (ETF) in Prague, President of WCC
September 24 Ecumenical
Sunday (celebration of joint services at more places in
the Czech
Rep.)
September 25-27 International
Monetary Fund and World Bank Group Meetings, held
in Prague ľ
Churches of ECC and Czech Bishop Conference (CBC)
issued a
joint proclamation to the Meetings
October 7 Meeting
of the Slavkov initiative for reconciliation at Slavkov near
Brno
October 10-17 Small
constructional modifications and repairs in the ECC building
at Donská
street in Prague
October 13 Decorating
the workers of various churches for their 10-year activi-
ty in the
spiritual ministry in the prison. The decorations were han-
ded over by
the Director of the Prison Service of the Czech Rep.,
Kamila
Meclová
October 15-18 Meeting Forum
2000 in Prague (also with attendance of represen-
tatives of
the churches)
November 14-16 Preparation for
Meeting of the Ecumenical Councils of Europe,
which was to
meet in April 2001 in Prague
November 17 The 1st synod of churches of
the Leuenberg fellowship in Prague
November 17 Issuance of a
document of churches to the social questions Peace
and goodness
November 24-26 Meeting of women
within the project EUNIKA XVI in Prague (the
guests were
women from Silesia and Slovakia, the theme was Vo-
luntary work)
November 30 Training of
the church workers for the case of crisis situations wi-
thin the
cooperation with the Ministry of Defense of the Czech Rep.
December 3 Ecumenical
service at St. Vav°inec on the Pet°ín hill in Prague (TV
live
transmission, preaching served by evangelical pastor, brother
Pavel
Klinecký)
December 7 Resignation
of brother Pavel Smetana for President of ECC, work
of President
was temporarily performed by the ECC Vice-presi-
dent, brother
Pavel Černý, head of Council of the Brothers- Church,
till election
of the new ECC President, brother Vladislav Volný in
January 2001
December 14-15 Work meeting of
representatives of the EKD Berlin, ECC and Dia-
conia of
Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren concerning the ex-
change family
recreation in 2001. The meeting was held in Prague.
December 26 Radio Free Europe
was broadcasting a discussion on the inter-
churches cooperation,
situation in the Czech ecumenical field, and
a forecast for the ecumene
to the new millenium (discussions were
attended by brothers
Smetana, Radkovský, Vaníček and sister
Mandysová).
