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Treasurer royally decorated

Adri de Heer, treasurer of the Vrienden of the Grote Kerk, was royally decorated on Friday 26 April. He may call himself a Member of the Order of Orange-Nassau.
He received this royal decoration because of his merits for our association, among other things. Adri’s commitment to the Synod commemoration also contributed to this.
The decoration was awarded to him by the mayor of Zwijndrecht, Mr. Strijk.

in General, Ode to the Synod

The Passion was in Dordrecht

It couldn’t have escaped your notice. Dordrecht was the setting for The Passion on Maundy Thursday. Approximately 20 thousand people visited Dordrecht for this paasspektakel. The live TV broadcast was watched by over 2.3 million people.

Impression

The Dordrecht photographer Ilse de Deugd took pictures during this media spectacle and made them available to this website.


Paul Zoetemeijer was also present at the spectacle. He also made photos available to this website free of charge.

The official compilation of the broadcast can be seen here.

in General, Lectures

Presentation of panels Saint Elisabeths flood

You can hardly have missed it.Various media have paid attention to the placement and transfer of a replica of an altarpiece with panels of the Saint Elisabeths flood. Since the beginning of the twentieth century, the original panels have been part of the Rijksmuseum collection.

Festive meeting

A replica was financed by the Friends of the Grote Kerk and was presented to the church board in a festive meeting on March 9th.
Dr Ir Paul Visser, TU Delft, gave a lecture on storm tides. The significance of the altarpiece was highlighted by Dr Hanneke van Asperen, Radboud University.
After these lectures, the transfer was sealed by the signing of the transfer form by the chairman of the church council, Mrs. Van het Klooster, and the chairman of the Friends of the Great Church, Mr. Te Raa.
After this, the panels were opened by two children present.
Organ music by city organist Cor Ardesch contributed to the festivities.

Imagery

The Dordrecht photographer Ilse de Deugd took pictures during this meeting. She made these available to this website.

in Helmantel, Ode to the Synod

Guided tour of the Helmantel exhibition

During Ode aan de Synode, the well-known Groningen painter Henk Helmantel will exhibit in the Grote Kerk Dordrecht. He made four new works for the commemoration of 400 years of the Dordrecht Synod and exhibits a limited part of his very extensive oeuvre.

Henk Helmantel

Henk Helmantel (1945) is regarded as one of the most important representatives of contemporary realism. Especially the dramatic contrasts between light and dark, as can also be seen in the seventeenth-century masters, characterize Helmantel’s paintings.
His work is widely appreciated.

Exclusive guided tours

During the months of March, April and May, guided tours will be given, with ample attention to the exhibition of Helmantel and the Grote Kerk itself. First of all, an art connoisseur will give an explanation of Helmantel’s work.
After a short coffee and tea break, the remaining part of the tour will be devoted to the Grote Kerk.

Practical information

The possibility to participate in this special tour is limited.
The rate for participation in this tour is € 5.00 per person (this includes entrance to the church).
Registration is possible via the agenda of this website.

The tours take place on the following dates:

7 March             21 March
4 April 25 April
9 May 23 May

in General

New Year’s wishes

The beginning of 2019 is reason for the board of the Vrienden to wish you all the best in this year.
A year that for Dordrecht and for the Grote Kerk will still be dominated by the commemoration of the National Synod of 1618-1619.

in Exhibition, Helmantel, Ode to the Synod

Paas opens Helmantel exhibition

It can hardly have escaped you. The Groningen painter Henk Helmantel will be exhibiting in the Grote Kerk in the coming months. The exhibition will be officially opened on Saturday 24 November. The opening will be performed by the King’s Commissioner in the province of Groningen, born on the island of Dordrecht, René Paas.
This underlines the relationship between Groningen and Dordrecht. A relationship that also existed in the time of the Synod.
Franciscus Gomarus, foreman of the counter-remonstrants, was professor in Groningen at the time of the Dordrecht Synod. He was one of the five Dutch professors who participated in the Synod.

Association of Vrienden van de Grote Kerk Dordrecht

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