Millennium of Lithuania. Millennium Lithuaniae - Redaktorius ir teksto autorius Mindaugas Šapoka

The book Millenium u ol Lithuania. Millennium Lithuaniae” is based on the exposition material of the touring exhibition entitled Lithuania Culture and History by the Lithuanian Art Museum which was designed especially for the grand jubilee With this publication along with the touring exhibition in Europe, the US, and other countries, efforts are being made to acquaint one with the most important facts of Lithuanian history, present an iconography that reveals them in all their aspects, and introduce the most significant projects of the Programme for the Millennium of Lithuania. The jubilee publication begins with a welcome word to the society celebrating its millennium by the Head of the State Commission of the Commemoration of the Millennium of Lithuania and President of the Republic of Lithuania Valdas Adamkus. Professor of Literature Viktorija Daujotyte contemplates Lithuania s millennium in her insightful and relevant observations: Lituae, Litua. 1009. We recognize the proper name from the Quedlinburg Annals as Lithuania, our present time, as this very instant of history. We are the living presence of Lithuania, a we exists, a we with the commitment not only to live and consume, but also to reflect and comprehend what is echoed to us from the depths of ages, from mists and fogs, from Ecclesiastes sorrow about the transience of the human world. Vertėjai: Ligija Kaminskienė ir Jayde Will