Values of Protestant Reformation movement still alive: Slovenian PM

As celebrations were held across Slovenia on Monday for Reformation Day, Prime Minister Miro Cerar highlighted the values of the Protestant Reformation movement were still relevant in the country.

The celebrations surrounded the 16th-century movement which brought Slovenians their first books and thus laid the foundations of the Slovenian language.

All the values that highlight the dignity of man and the well-being of society are especially important in this day and age, Cerar said in his address to the nation, condemning any undermining of progress and negativism.

He said he regarded the holiday as a chance to reflect on the meaning of sovereignty and one's freedom and to look for one's path both spiritually and within society, according to the Slovenian Press Agency (STA).

Reformation Day, which has been observed in Slovenia since 1992, marks the day in 1517 when German priest Martin Luther made public "The Ninety-Five Theses", sparking the Protestant Reformation.

Although a predominantly Catholic country, Slovenia has celebrated Reformation Day as a national holiday since 1992 to remember this turbulent period in the 16th century as it resulted in the first book written in the Slovenian language. Endite