Speech in response by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew during the Divine Liturgy concelebrated with His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Bulgaria at the Rila Monasterytranslated

“Your Beatitude, Metropolitan of Sofia, Patriarch of all Bulgaria, very dear Brother and Concelebrant, Mr. Daniel, Your Majesty, Very Reverend Father Higoumen, as well as the monastic community loved by God which surrounds you in this holy and venerable monastery, Very Reverend Brothers in the episcopate, All of you, members of the holy clergy here present and united in prayer, Excellency, Madam Ambassador of the Republic Hellenic in Sofia, Dear pilgrims and

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