The Minister of Foreign Affairs Teodora Genchovska was received at an audience by His Holiness Pope Francis
23 May 2022 News
The Minister of Foreign Affairs Teodora Genchovska, together with the official Bulgarian delegation led by the Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, was received today at an audience by His Holiness Pope Francis.
In Rome, our first diplomat took part in the celebrations on the occasion of May 24 - Day of the Holy Brothers Cyril and Methodius, the Bulgarian alphabet, education and culture and Slavic literature.
The Bulgarian delegation attended the Divine Liturgy in the Basilica of San Clemente, where the holy brothers Cyril and Methodius served for the first time in the Slavic language after the blessing of the alphabet and books by the Roman Bishop Pope Adrian II. The liturgy was celebrated by His Eminence Metropolitan Anthony of Western and Central Europe. In the Basilica of San Clemente, Minister Genchovska paid tribute to the relics and tomb of St. Cyril.
Our first diplomat also visited St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, where a wreath was laid in front of the altar of St. Pope John Paul II. The Bulgarian delegation laid a wreath in front of the monument to Ivan Vazov and the monument to St. Cyril and Methodius, located in the yard of the Bulgarian Embassy in the Italian capital.
During the visit, meetings were held with the Prime Minister Mario Draghi in the Council of Ministers of Italy, as well as with the Bulgarian community in the country.
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