Balgarianovinite.com A Bulgarian parliamentary delegation, led by National Assembly Chair Mihaela Dotsova, will visit the Vatican and Rome for May 24, the Day of Saints Cyril and Methodius, marked as the Day of the Bulgarian Alphabet, Education and Culture, and Slavic Literature, Parliament’s press centre said on Wednesday.
On May 22, the delegation will be granted an audience with Pope Leo XIV. Dotsova will also hold talks with the Holy See Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin.
Later on, the delegation will attend an Orthodox liturgy at the Basilica of San Clemente and will pay homage to the relics of St Cyril. The MPs will also visit the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, where they will lay flowers at the memorial plaque marking the Vatican’s recognition of the Slavic alphabet and books.
The delegation will also meet with the Grand Commander of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta Fra’ Emmanuel Rousseau, responsible for cultural, educational and religious affairs.
On May 21, the first day of the visit, Dotsova is scheduled to meet with Lorenzo Fontana, President of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy.
The Bulgarian MPs will lay flowers at the monument to Captain Petko Voyvoda on Janiculum Hill in Rome. The monument’s author, Prof. Valentin Starchev, created the pedestal, which stands alongside monuments to Giuseppe Garibaldi and other Italian revolutionaries.
The delegation includes Parliament’s Deputy Chair Ayten Sabri, who is Deputy Floor Leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms; the Deputy Floor Leaders of Progressive Bulgaria and GERB-UDF, Vladimir Nikolov and Kostadin Angelov; Vazrazhdane Floor Leader Kostadin Kostadinov; Atanas Slavov MP of Democratic Bulgaria, and Venko Sabrutev MP of Continue the Change. Parliament Chair Dotsova to Lead Delegation to Vatican and Rome for Day of Saints Cyril and Methodius 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-05-20 18:54:00 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