Bulgarian state delegation visits Mount Athos

site.btaEvening Prayer Service Held at Zograf Monastery

Dimitrina Solakova, BTA special correspondent Nikolay Trifonov

Evening Prayer Service Held at Zograf Monastery

Evening Prayer Service Held at Zograf Monastery

At Zograf (Zographou) Monastery, Mt Athos, Greece, May 10, 2025 (BTA Photo/Nikola Uzunov)

Zograf Monastery, Mt Athos, Greece,

10.05.2025 19:50

(BTA)

An evening prayer service was held at Zograf (Zographou) Monastery on Mt Athos on Saturday. Earlier in the day, a Bulgarian state delegation, led by Justice Minister Georgi Georgiev, arrived at the monastery in connection with the enthronement of the newly elected hegumen of the Bulgarian monastery, Archimandrite Gabriel.

On the Bulgarian delegation are also Agriculture and Food Minister Georgi Tahov, Economy and Industry Minister Petar Dilov, Youth and Sports Minister Ivan Peshev, as well as Bulgaria’s Consul General in Thessaloniki, Anton Markov.

Minister Georgiev said that the Zograf Monastery is part of Bulgaria's national identity.

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