Senate speaker awards commemorative medals on Czech Statehood Day

On the occasion of the Czech Statehood Day, the Speaker of the Senate Miloš Vystrčil presented silver commemorative medals to 19 personalities who have excelled in their field or contributed to the good reputation of the Czech Republic abroad. Among the laureates were opera singer Dagmar Pecková, journalist Lída Rakušanová, writer Petr Hora-Hořejš, co-founder of People in Need Igor Blažević, singer Ida Kelarová, dancer Yemi Akinyemi  and Dele and Jakub Helebrant and Karel Müller, pastors of the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren, who are active on social media under the name Pastoral Brothers  and try to bring the Christian faith to the young generation through entertaining videos in which they counter myths and stereotypes about Christianity.