The Consul General of the Republic of Serbia in Timisoara, Vladan Tadić, opened the international literary and spiritual event 28th Days of Transfiguration of Serbs in Romania.

As part of the opening ceremony at the Consulate General of the Republic of Serbia in Timisoara, a press conference was organized presenting details of the three-day program of this year’s event. The program includes literary evenings, a roundtable dedicated to cooperation between Serbs from Romania and Serbs from Montenegro, several cultural events, as well as visits to Serbian monasteries and other landmarks in the counties of Timis and Caras-Severin, Danube Gorge and Poljadija, where Serbs live.

The central place of the event, as in all previous years, is the Bazjaš Monastery, one of the sources of Serbian spirituality, which was founded by Saint Sava eight centuries ago according to folklore, and where the award ceremony is planned for this year’s winner, poet Nenad Grujičić from Novi Sad.

In his address, Consul General Tadić noted that the Days of Transfiguration of Serbs in Romania were the most important literary event of the entire Serbian diaspora, traditionally organized by the Association of Serbs in Romania in cooperation with the Consulate General and the Department for Interethnic Relations of the Government of Romania, with the support of the City of Vršac which provides the monetary portion of the award.

He emphasized that, in addition to writers from Serbia and Romania, this year’s event included participation of writers from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro – the special guests of this year’s event, together with representatives of the Serbian National Council of Montenegro. Within several programs of literary evenings, creators in the Serbian language from six other European countries and the USA will join virtually the present writers and poets.

Immediately before the opening ceremony, at the premises of the consulate, Consul General Vladan Tadić met with the President of the Association of Serbs in Romania and Member of the Romanian Parliament Ognjan Krstić, President of the Serbian National Council of Montenegro Momčilo Vuksanović, Honorary President of the Association of Serbs in Romania and writer Slavomir Gvozdenović, and winner of the Great Bazjaš Charter, poet Nenad Grujičić.

Source and photo: Directorate for Cooperation with the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region