to preserve the Cyril and Methodist tradition, help establish the All-Slavic and national identity and historical awareness." On October 12, 364 delegates gathered at the Assembly of the Slovak Matica in Liptovský Mikuláš. At the Assembly, they adopted the updated Statutes of the Slovak Matica and approved the Slovak Matica Program for the years 2019 to 2021 with a view to 2025. 2020 Slovak Matica declared 2020 as the Year of National Identity in the spirit of intensive support and dissemination of Slovak national identity and the development of Slovak statehood. The first two issues of the new professional magazine Slovak Matica Slovensko – National Spectrum were published. The magazine is published twice a year. The Slovak Matica Library was renewed at the institution's headquarters and its systematic development began. 2021 Slovak Matica declared 2021 as the Year of Alexander Dubček and unveiled a bust of him in the Alley of National Awakeners in Martin. Marián Gešper, who received 213 votes, becomes the newly elected chairman again, while Štefan Martinkovič received 88 votes. In 2021, in addition to Alexander Dubček, it also commemorated the centenary of the birth of Štefan Boleslav Roman, a Canadian industrialist and the first president of the World Congress of Slovaks, to whom it unveiled the historically first bust in Slovakia, and the 190th anniversary of the East Slovak Peasant Uprising was commemorated by Slovak Matica with a series of events and activities throughout Slovakia. Slovak Matica commemorated the 160th anniversary of the adoption of the important emancipatory and political document, the Memorandum of the Slovak Nation. 2022 Slovak Matica declared 2022 as THE YEAR OF THE LEGACY OF THE ŠTÚR'S GROUP and on this occasion prepared and participated in a series of cultural, educational and tourist events, openings and exhibitions, scientific conferences, unveiling of memorial rooms, memorial plaques, busts, publication of scientific and popular - scientific articles, popular science brochures and also the preparation of documentary films. A bust of Štefan Marko Daxner was unveiled in the Alley of National Awakeners in Martin. In 2022, the Library of Slovak Matica was expanded. Slovak Matica received an official Certificate of Competence for Research and Development, awarded by the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sports of the Slovak Republic. Scientist of Slovak Matica Pavol Parenička was awarded the Vojtech Zamarovský National Prize for non-fiction. A bust of Vladimír Mináč was unveiled in the Alley of National