Soul of Europe - Prague, Czech Republic

Soul of Europe Prague, Czech Republic, June 29, 2022 By Juraj Lajda During the 17th century deep foundations of Europe in politics, economy and ideology were being established. However, in the end of the 18th century the French revolution derailed the natural course round 15 people participated in a public lecture titled Soul of European development. Later on Napoleon destructed the

A 2017. of Europe which took place in the Peace embassy in Prague on Wednesday 29th June 2022. The speaker was Hon. Daniel Herman, Czech minister of culture in 2014- European political and social system at that time. Later, the WWI shattered the European values. The Bolshevik revolution in 1917 destroyed the legal order of a state. The national states did not solve the problem of nationalism. Later In his introduction Hon. Herman explained the meaning of the word „Europe“. According to the Greek mythology Europe was a we had the bolshevik nationalism and German national socialism. beautiful princess. The highest god in the Greek mythology Zeus fell After the WWII there was a big effort to restore European values but in love with her. He kidnapped her and brought her to the island of due to the results of the WWII Europe became divided by a cold war. Creta. Our continent was then named after her. In the communist countries there were resistance movements in East The spiritual background of Europe comes from the antiquity, Greek Germany in 1953, in Hungary in 1956 and in Czechoslovakia 1968 philosophy, Judaism and Christianity. In the year 800 AD the but all of them were crushed. emperor Charlemagne was appointed by the pope and gave a clear After the fall of communism, in 1989, a new hope for Europe signal to build up Europe on the Christian foundations. Afterwards emerged. We need the vertical dimension, and we need to come back Christianity was widespread very quickly to other European to the roots of Europe and renew the soul and heart of Europe again, countries. In 845 AD 14 Czech lords were baptized and received concluded Hon. Herman his speech. Christianity. Based on this the statehood was built up rapidly. Video: https://youtu.be/ByhvoJEqd4M Christianity developed schools, universities, charity and contributed Photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/GiHLQ1wCpMMXP6et9 to the improvement of the human life. The heart of Europe and Christianity is: Love brings unification.