"We have also invited an Orthodox choir from Bulgaria, which will contribute to the "decoration" of the service - this is the Agia choir from Sofia, which will help us during the liturgical processions", explains Father Ivan. "We have also invited the Bulgarian folk group "White Rose" from the city of Pescara. In addition, we will do a short concert after the liturgy, after the visit to the holy places in San Clemente, with which we wish to congratulate all the guests. The other important event is on the morning of May 24 at 11 a.m. Then the solemn prayer of thanksgiving begins in the chapel of Saints Cyril and Methodius, the patron saints of Europe in the Vatican grottoes below Saint Peter's Basilica. There will also be representatives of the Bulgarian delegation, diplomats, as well as the trustees of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church community in Rome."

"For 100 years, from May 1924 to this day, Bulgarians, regardless of the various objective circumstances and difficulties they go through in their lives, have preserved their Bulgarian national spirit! And the strength of the spirit is an extremely important thing, and they demonstrate it through the worship, through the services, through these feasts in the Eternal City."