diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/event/listener/ContextEventListener.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/event/listener/ContextEventListener.java
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+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/event/listener/ContextEventListener.java
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+package com.baeldung.event.listener;
+
+import org.springframework.context.event.ContextStartedEvent;
+import org.springframework.context.event.ContextStoppedEvent;
+import org.springframework.context.event.EventListener;
+import org.springframework.core.annotation.Order;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+@Component
+public class ContextEventListener {
+
+    @Order(2)
+    @EventListener
+    public void handleContextRefreshEvent(ContextStartedEvent ctxStartEvt) {
+        System.out.println("Context Start Event received.");
+    }
+
+    @Order(1)
+    @EventListener(classes = { ContextStartedEvent.class, ContextStoppedEvent.class })
+    public void handleMultipleEvents() {
+        System.out.println("Multi-event listener invoked");
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/event/listener/EventConfig.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/event/listener/EventConfig.java
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+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/event/listener/EventConfig.java
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+package com.baeldung.event.listener;
+
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+
+@Configuration
+@ComponentScan(basePackages = "com.baeldung.event.listener")
+public class EventConfig {
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/event/listener/SpringRunner.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/event/listener/SpringRunner.java
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+package com.baeldung.event.listener;
+
+import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext;
+
+public class SpringRunner {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        ConfigurableApplicationContext ctx = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(EventConfig.class);
+        ctx.start();
+    }
+}