Slovenia celebrating 500th anniversary of Reformation

Ljubljana, 31 October - Slovenia joins on Tuesday celebrations of Reformation Day, dedicated to the 16th-century Reformation and Protestant movement, which brought Slovenians their first books and thus laid the foundations of the Slovenian language.

Ljubljana A copy of the Bible translated by Jurij Dalmatin (1547-1589) into Slovenian, and published in 1584, exhibited at a 2017 exhibition at the National and University Library in Ljubljana. Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA File photo

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A copy of the Bible translated by Jurij Dalmatin (1547-1589) into Slovenian, and published in 1584, exhibited at a 2017 exhibition at the National and University Library in Ljubljana.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA
File photo

Ljubljana A modernised version of the New Testament, authored by Protestant priest Jurij Dalmatin in 1584. The book was launched as part of celebrations of 500 years of the Reformation earlioer this year. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA File photo

Ljubljana
A modernised version of the New Testament, authored by Protestant priest Jurij Dalmatin in 1584. The book was launched as part of celebrations of 500 years of the Reformation earlioer this year.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA
File photo

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