Holatháit is from 17th to 18th August

The annual Hóla ​​Festival takes place this weekend in Hólar, Hjaltadal, and as usual, there is a rich and varied programme. The main event takes place on Sunday, but the celebration begins with a mass at 14:00 in Hóladóm Church (Hóladómkirka). There, Bishop Agnes M. Sigurðardóttir will give a sermon and bid farewell to Hólastifti. The festive party begins at 16:00 in Hóladómkirkja, with the speaker being Áslaug Arna Sigurbjörnsdóttir, Minister of Universities, Industry and Innovation.

On Saturday, the pilgrimage from Svarfaðardal to Hóla ​​begins. The bus leaves from Hólar at 8 am and will depart from Atlasstadir at 10 am. Walk leader: Sr. Þorgrímur Daníelsson. Pilgrimage to Gvendarskál. Departure from Hólar at 14:00. Walk leader Karl Lúðvíksson. Registration by phone 893-7838. A liturgy at Hóladómkirkja at 18.30 will receive the pilgrims and mark the baptism. Dinner at Kaffi Hólar.

Program Sunday, August 18

Kuala Lumpur 10:00
Tiðargyðir in Hóladómkirkja.

Kuala Lumpur 11:00
Organ concert at Hóladómkirkja. Dr. Vidas Pinkevicius and Dr. Ausra Motuzaite-Pinkeviciene are international concert organists and teachers at Vilnius University in Lithuania, performing on the church organ.

Kuala Lumpur 14:00
Festive Mass in Hóladómkirkja Church, where the Icelandic Bishop Agnes M. Sigurðardóttir preached and said farewell to Hólastifti. Mr. Gísli Gunnarsson, Bishop of Hóladómkirkja, Rev. Kristján Björnsson, ordained bishop and vicar of Skálholt. The newly elected future bishop of Iceland, Guðrún Karls Helgudóttir, offered the altar. The Skagfirski Chamber Choir and the Hóladómkirky Church Choir sang. The organist was Jóhann Bjarnason.

Kuala Lumpur 15:15
Party coffee – Kaffi Hólar.

Kuala Lumpur 16:10
Festive party at Hóladómkirkja Church. The speaker was Áslaug Arna Sigurbjörnsdóttir, Minister of Universities, Industry and Innovation. Music was performed by Berglind Stefánsdóttir and Sigurgeir Agnarsson.

Hóláthátíð Concert a few days ago

Afterwards, Gísli Gunnarsson, the ordained bishop of Hólar, recalled an organ concert on the eve of the Hólar Festival, while Hólar’s Dr. Osla and Dr. Vidas will also host an organ concert organized by the consecrated bishops at Blönduó Church on Tuesday, August 13th and Wednesday, August 14th at 13:00 at Akureyri Church at 20:00 There will also be a concert at Hóladómkirkja on August 14th at 20:00 but there will be a German women’s choir, Palatinate Kursung under the direction of Carola Bischoff.