Balgarianovinite.com A Bulgarian parliamentary delegation arrived at the Bulgarian Zograf Monastery of St George on Mount Athos on Saturday. The delegation is visiting for the autumn feast of St George (November 16, Old Style), the date on which his relics were transferred from the site of his martyrdom in Lydda (today’s city of Lod in Israel) to a newly consecrated Christian church.
The Bulgarian MPs were welcomed by Archimandrite Gabriel, the hegumen of the monastery. Upon arrival, they paid their respects to the three miraculous icons of St George in the monastery’s main church.
The delegation is led by Parliament Deputy Chair Tsoncho Ganev. Its members are Human Rights and Religion Committee Chair Krasimir Sabev MP of GERB-UDF and Deputy Chair Atanas Slavov MP of Continue the Change – Democratic Bulgaria; MRF-New Beginning Deputy Floor Leader Stanislav Anastassov; BSP – United Left Secretary Atanas Atanasov, who is also Parliament’s Secretary; There Is Such a People Secretary Aleksandar Valchev, who is also Parliament’s Secretary; and Velichie MP Ljubisha Blazhevski.
The delegation is accompanied by Anton Markov, Consul General of Bulgaria in Thessaloniki, and Lachezar Toshev, senior expert adviser at the parliamentary Foreign Policy Committee.
Toshev presented Archimandrite Gabriel with myrrh from the relics of St Nicholas in Bari, Italy. “I accept it as a blessing from St Nicholas,” the hegumen said.
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church is represented by Bishop Ioan of Branitsa, first vicar of the Bulgarian Patriarch and Metropolitan of Sofia Daniil.
Many worshippers from Bulgaria have also arrived at the monastery for the feast. They will take part in the vigil on the night before the feast day, in the Divine Liturgy and the procession with the miraculous icon of St George.
BTA Director General Kiril Valchev arrived with the delegation. He will present to the library of the monastery news stories and photos of the Zograf Monastery collected during the 127-year history of the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA).
During a visit for the spring feast of St George on May 6, Valchev met with the newly elected hegumen, Archimandrite Gabriel, and promised to donate copies, in both paper and digital format, of its archive of news and photographs related to the Zograf Monastery. Bulgarian Parliamentary Delegation Arrives at Mount Athos for Autumn Feast of St George 2025 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-11-15 15:05:02 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