No. 5
01.10.2008
Apollonia Foundation
Spectacular concert of traditional songs and dance Yesterday a concert of traditional music and dance from Macedonia and Serbia took place at Apollonia Hotel . The folklore ensemble “Bojmija” from Gevgelija, which were both participants and organizers of the event, performed alongside the folk group “Buducnost” from Serbia, and their special guests “Raspeni Gevgelicani”. Around 300 people attended the concert, and 100 artists entertained and made sure that the public enjoyed the show. The event was supported by the Apollonia Foundation.
Inside this issue: Nature Day for clean and European Macedonia
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Nature Day picnic in Smolarski Waterfall
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Thank you letter from 3 the Lesnovo Monastery Klementina Jauleska, life and work
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About us
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Eco calendar
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Second fig festival in Gevgelija On August 30th, the second fig festival was held in Gevgelija and was organized by the association of citizens “Tera” from Gevgelija. Sixteen teams participated in this fig preserves competitive event, and more than 5,000 people from our Republic and Greece came to see it.
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The festival started with the folk parade in the streets of Gevgelija, continuing with the show on the Gevgelija stadium. Participants in the culture program were the folk groups: “Raspeani Gevgelicani”, “Braka Tolevi” from Prdejci, “Piskaviza” from Serbia, “Bojmija” from Gevgelija, and Aneta Ristovska, Bobi and Koce, Olivera Stankovska, Jova Radevska as singers. Apollonia Hotel, for the second time, took part in this wonderful event, which we hope will grow into a tradition for Geveglija.
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Nature Day for Clean and European Macedonia On the 21st of September the government organized cleaning action in the whole of Macedonia under the slogan “For clean and European Macedonia”, and invited all institutions, companies, NGO’s, and individuals to take part in this environmental protective event. This action was organized in order to promote the new law for public cleanliness which is now in force. Apollonia Foundation participated in this event with the children from Nature Day and volunteers from the staff of Apollonia Group. Children and adults joined forces against the mess and the damage in our environment that we are responsible for.
We worked on two locations: the streets in the center of Gevgelija, and on Vardarski hill, around the Motel Vardar and the archeological site there. It is very good that the government organized this kind of action, and our children did a very good job that day. For a year now we’ve been cleaning the areas that we visit on the Nature Day, and now we hope that the adults will also follow our example.
Nature day picnic in Smolarski Waterfall On the occasion of starting the new school year the Nature Day team on the 6th of September organized picnic to Smolarski Waterfall for all the children who were really active in our activities during the summer. You can see from the pictures how it went, and if you haven’t visited this place don’t doubt to go there and see all the beauty that our camera didn't catch.
The Smolarski Waterfall is situated 30 km from Strumica, near the village of Smolari. The path that leads to the waterfall is more than 1 km long and for the most part it is paved with stones. The Smolarski Waterfall is 35 m high and it is located on the River Lomnica at an altitude of 651 metres. The view from the wooden bridge is magnificent as well as the surrounding nature which is dominated by the sounds of the waterfall.
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Thank you letter from the Lesnovo Monastery It’s our pleasure to present you the thank you letter that we received from the monastery in Lesnovo, on behalf of the 30.000 den. grant that Apollonia Foundation donated to this church.
The ancient church and monastery “Presveta Bogorodica– Istocen Petok Balaklija” on the Zletovska river, that dates from the 13th century and is under the administration of the Lesnovo Monastery, has fallen in complete ruins during the past 50 years. This monastery has enormous cultural and historical meaning for our people because of the rich literary and transcript activity during the whole middle century under Lesnovo and Kratovo’s literate center wing, which greatly contributed the spreading of literacy and preserving the identity, nationality and the culture of the Macedonian people. The entire reconstruction of the monastery started this summer 2008 with the building of the new church and bell tower, and already we are making the preparation for building the church hospice. Many municipalities and companies, in addition to a lot of believers we asked for aid, alongside Apollonia Foundation, unselfishly and generously helped us renovate the monastery. With great respect, we express our gratitude to you as a Foundation, for your love and care towards our monastery , and we hope that also in future you will find strength to help us rebuild the monasteries, all within the frames of your abilities. May God bless you, and may you have a lot of success in your work and in life. Igumen Damaskin
Klementina Jaulevska, life and work Another participant, also a very young one, in this year’s Apollonia Art Commune was Klementina Jauleska. She was born in 1984 in Struga, and graduated in 2008 from St. Cyril and Methodius University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Skopje, section: painting with graphic design. She has been working on several projects, including: “Plaosnik” project: restoration and conservation on ceramic. Klementina has had three solo art exhibits, one in Belgrade and two in Macedonia - Skopje and Struga, and 19 group exhibitions. We will mention just few of them: 2007 – Prague, International poster exhibition, 2007-Macedonian Center in New York, arts, 2007-Macedonian Museum in Skopje - Video expressions, 2006 Skopje “Visual noise” - photography. Her hobbies are writing and photography, and she has published a poetry and drawing book called “Wandering World”.
“All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man’s life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom.” Albert Einstein
Our contribution in the field of music Apollonia Foundation
FUTURE EVENTS
Address: Gevgeliski Partizanski Odred 1 1480 Gevgelija
October: Apollonia Art Colony Exhibition in Apollonia Hotel
Phone: 034/ 213-222 Fax: 034/213-223 E-mail: snezana.dimitrova@apollonia.com.mk
17-21 October Jezz Festival in Skopje, Apollonia Foundation is official sponsor
“Music happens to be an
art form that transcends language.” -Herbie Hancock
• Organizing classical music concerts in the Hotel Apollonia. The last eight years over 200 concerts were held: - Solo concerts by Macedonian and foreign artists. - Annual concert of piano students in the class of Romanivi professors. - Solo and group concerts of students in the musical high school Ilija Nikolovski – Luj from Skopje. - Solo and group concerts of students of the Faculty for Music Art – Skopje. - Three concerts of Simon Trpceski. The money raised from his last concerts was donated to buy toys for the children from the kindergarten “Detska Radost” – Gevgelija. - Concerts of students in the lower music school from Gevgelija. • For 13 years official sponsor for Skopje Jazz Festival. • Sponsoring the activities of local folk groups, who are preseving the tradition of our national folklore: - Ensemble “Bojmija”, donation to participate on 2 festivals in Italy. Folk group “Braka Tolevi” from Prdejci and a group from Negorci: we helped finance their participation in ethno festival in Banja Luka, Serbia. and in Europe.
SEE OUR ECO CALENDAR
Is global warming connected to the natural disasters?
Around the world there are about 100 million homeless people, and many of them are women and children.
Think about it!
NATURE DAY Today we go to Kovanec, to see and learn about peanuts.
Arctic ice is rapidly disappearing, and the region may have its first completely ice-free summer by 2040 or earlier.
NATURE DAY Picnic in the mountain village Huma. Will see apple farm.
Humans are pouring carbon dioxide into the atmosphere much faster than plants and oceans can absorb it.
Strong hurricanes, heat waves, wildfires may become commonplace in many parts of the world, as effect of global warming.
Revolution Day
NATURE DAY Today we organize walking day. Join us!
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