Maximos Charakopoulos from Sofia: "The values of Orthodoxy are a solid guideline"translated

In Sofia, Bulgaria, the Secretary General of the Interparliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy (DSO), Member of the Parliament of Hellenes, Dr. Maximos Charakopoulos, is present, who is participating in the brilliant celebrations and events in the presence of the Ecumenical Patriarch, Mr. Bartholomew and the Patriarch of Bulgaria His Excellency Daniel in the context of the liturgical and celebratory events for the completion of 1150 years since the birth and 1080 years since the sleep of Saint John of Rila the Wonderworker, patron of the Bulgarian people. "Mount Athos is the living and relief impression of what was characterized as the Byzantine Commonwealth. The timeless expression of the deep cultural unity of the Orthodox everywhere, all children of the same spiritual womb. As the God-guarded castle of faith and under the "vigilant crowd of the Great Church", of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, it continued to serve its sacred mission even after the Fall of Constantinople and during its times, so called, "Byzantium after Byzantium".

Contributing, thus, catalytically to the preservation of the Orthodox way of thinking, Orthodox morals and values, and in the end sealing indelibly the identity of all Orthodox...