Balgarianovinite.com A Bulgarian delegation joined a wreath-laying ceremony at the plaque of St Methodius on Methodius Square in the town of Ellwangen, Germany on Saturday. The event was part of the town’s annual celebrations of the Feast Day of St Methodius.
From the Bulgarian side, wreaths were laid by the country’s Consulate General in Munich and by the Municipality of Troyan.
Attending the ceremony were diplomatic representatives from the consulates general of Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Slovakia, Ellwangen Mayor Michael Dambacher, and Mark Hacker, Honorary Consul of Bulgaria in Stuttgart.
The Bulgarian delegation, led by the Consul General in Munich, Stefan Yonkov, included Milena Dimitrova, Secretary to the President of Bulgaria for culture, education and relations with Bulgarians abroad; Kiril Valchev, Director General of the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA); Troyan deputy mayors Angel Angelov and Veronika Todorova; staff of the Consulate General of Bulgaria in Munich; members of the Bulgarian community in Germany, and journalists.
Also present at the event were the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s Metropolitan Anthony of Western and Central Europe; Archpriest Rayko Sinev of the Bulgarian parish of Sts Cyril and Methodius in Stuttgart; Archpriest Nedyalko Kalinov of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church community St Clement of Ohrid in Munich; Archpriest Tihon, head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church community St Nicholas the Wonderworker of Myra in Regensburg; and Archpriest Vasil Bechevski, who provides spiritual care to the Bulgarian parishes in Mannheim and Mainz.
At the end of the ceremony, the popular song “Varvi, narode vazrodeni” (“March On, People Revived”) was sung in Bulgarian. It is an anthem of the Bulgarians’ enlightenment commemorating the creation of the Slav alphabet by St Cyril and St Methodius in the 9th century. Bulgarian Delegation Joins Wreath-Laying at St Methodius Plaque in Ellwangen 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-05-16 17:54:35 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law