Graz celebrates the reading day: Stars read favorite stories live!

Graz celebrates the reading day: Stars read favorite stories live!

Graz, Österreich - On March 28, 2025, the Graz city parish church becomes the scene of a special event: the Austrian reading day. Prominent readers, including Bishop Wilhelm Krautwaschl, the actress Aglaia Szyszkowitz and the actor Franz Solar, will take a seat on the seat in front of the church and perform their favorite stories. This initiative, which is supported by the Ministry of Education and is under the motto "My favorite stories", aims to set a strong sign of reading and literature and to promote reading skills. Thousands of readers throughout Austria will take part in public towns and educational institutions on this day, which underlines the importance of reading, as

cultural background of the parish church

The Graz parish church, a Gothic indoor church, was built between 1484 and 1519 and its baroque facade dates from the 18th century. It is one of the most important church buildings in the Styrian state capital and attracts numerous visitors with its impressive church tower, as Graz.net . Inside the church is the artistically valuable image "Mary's Assumption" by the Venetian painter Jacopo Tintoretto, which underlines the beauty of the church. Despite their regulated equipment in the 19th century, many of the original elements are no longer preserved.

A big plus of the parish church is its versatility: it not only serves as a place for holy trade fairs, but also for top -class church concerts and artistic events all year round. Here is also pointed out to the responsibility of the Church for Education, as the organizers of the reading day underlined. This unique connection between education and spirituality makes the parish church a real cultural center in Graz.