400 Years of the Parish of the Holy Cross, Veli Varoš 1625 – 2025
Location: Church of St. Nicholas (Mikula) at Stagnja (Veli Varoš)
Date: September 5 – 13, 2025
Novena – every day: 6:30 – 7:00 p.m. – Rosary prayer
Evening Mass: every day at 7:00 p.m.
Special Program
Day 1 – Friday, September 5, 2025
8:00 p.m. – Panel Discussion: Spirituality and God in Professional Sports
Participants: Petar Metličić, Ivan Rakitić, Ante Gregurević, Anđelo Šetka
Day 2 – Saturday, September 6, 2025
3:30 p.m. – Introduction to the Iconography Workshop (Parish House and Church)
4:00 – 6:30 p.m. – Individual Work (led by Lidija Piskač and Bruna Periš)
8:00 p.m. – Children’s Musical How Friendship Is Born
Day 3 – Sunday, September 7, 2025
8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. – Holy Mass
8:00 p.m. – Lecture: Dr. Marko Trogrlić – From the History of the Parish and Church of the Holy Cross
Day 4 – Monday, September 8, 2025 (Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. – Holy Mass
8:00 p.m. – Clown Spartanko
Day 5 – Tuesday, September 9, 2025
8:00 p.m. – Concert of the Mixed Choir of the Parish of the Holy Cross
Day 6 – Wednesday, September 10, 2025
9:00 p.m. – Charity Concert at Sustipan 400 Years of the Parish of the Holy Cross
Performers: Zorica Konđa, Dražen Zečić, Petar Dragojević, Andrea Šušnjara, Marko Pecotić Peco, Klapa “Na kantunu,” Veritas aeterna, Albina Grčić, Taxi Band
Host: Edita Lučić
Day 7 – Thursday, September 11, 2025
4:30 p.m. – Football Match: Altar Boys of the Holy Cross – Hajduk (juniors)
5:30 p.m. – Football Match: Varoš – Hajduk (veterans)
8:00 p.m. – Adoration before the Blessed Sacrament
Day 8 – Friday, September 12, 2025
8:00 p.m. – Exhibition by Karin Grenc God from Wood (Church of St. Nicholas at Stagnja)
Opening: Fr. Ante Vučković, Karin Grenc, Don Mihael Prović
Day 9 – Saturday, September 13, 2025
8:00 p.m. – Lecture: Claude Grbeša and Petar Krešimir Hodžić – Service and Assistance to the Survival of Christians in the Holy Land
Day 10 – Sunday, September 14, 2025 (Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross)
8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. – Holy Mass
6:00 p.m. – Brotherhood of the Holy Cross – Sung Vespers
8:00 p.m. – Parish Celebration with Festivo Band