Balgarianovinite.com National Assembly Chair Michaela Dotsova called on Bulgarians to preserve their language at a reception at the Bulgarian Embassy in Rome on Thursday. She spoke ahead of May 24, the Day of Sts Cyril and Methodius, of the Bulgarian Alphabet, Education and Culture and of Slav Letters.
The choir of Sofia’s Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross performed the hymn March Ahead, O Revived People.
“It is a great honour and pleasure for me to be here in Rome with colleagues from the 52nd National Assembly ahead of the brightest Bulgarian celebration of letters, May 24,” Dotsova said. She said that ahead of May 24, Bulgarians always recall that they survived as a people thanks to their script, which also preserved all Slav peoples.
“As we listened to March Ahead, O Revived People, I felt both pride and humility, pride that we have preserved our letters, and humility before the great work of our ancestors,” Dotsova said. She recalled that 12 centuries ago in Rome, Cyril passionately defended the right of the Slav peoples to have their own script and, together with his brother Methodius, translated books that went down in history after being blessed by Pope Adrian II.
Bulgarian Ambassador to Italy Ivan Kondov welcomed the official guests at the embassy and said Bulgarians regard the Cyrillic alphabet as sacred and as a source of national pride. The creation and spread of the Cyrillic alphabet are recognized as Bulgaria’s contribution to world culture, he said.
Metropolitan Anthony of Western and Central Europe said May 24 is not only a celebration of letters, but also a celebration of the spirit and of the sacred word through which a people finds its voice, memory and dignity. “Our alphabet is more than a script, it is a blessing, it is a covenant. Through it, our ancestors preserved their faith, culture and statehood through centuries of trial. Through it, Bulgaria still shows the world that our people live not by bread alone, but also by the word, education and spirituality,” Anthony said.
Archimandrite Maxim, representative of Metropolitan Nikolay of Plovdiv, presented the travelling exhibition of valuable relics Bulgarian Spiritual Treasure over the Centuries, which opened at the Bulgarian Embassy in Rome on Thursday. Maxim said the exhibition is the first project of the newly established museum activities department at the Plovdiv Metropolitanate, tasked with collecting and restoring valuables and sacred objects. The collected relics will be displayed in a future church museum in Plovdiv, which will open this year, Maxim added.
Earlier on Thursday, the Bulgarian parliamentary delegation led by Dotsova laid flowers at the monument to Captain Petko Voyvoda on Janiculum Hill in Rome and at the monument to Sts Cyril and Methodius in the courtyard of the Bulgarian Embassy in Rome. An audience with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican is planned for Friday. National Assembly Chair Dotsova Says Bulgarian Language Preserved the Nation 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-05-21 19:58:29 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