Requiem service for the repose of all confessors, ministers and ktitors in the Sofia diocesetranslated

On the 6th of November, on the day before the Archangel's Assassination, in the Sofiaskata of the World the Metropolitanate celebrated a requiem mass for the repose of all confessors, ministers and ktitors in the Sofia diocese.

With the blessing of Negovo, His Grace Metropolitan of Sofia and Bulgarian Patriarch Daniel, the funeral service was carried out at the Metropolitan Church “St. Marina” from the ecclesiastical supervisor of the diocese - stavropored by icon Kiril Didov and icon Vasil Tanev. During the service there was the service of icon Dilyan Tsvetkov, icon Petar Slavov and icon Dr. Sava Kokudev. Requiem chants byaha izpolneni from assoc. prof. Dr. Lyubomir Ignatov and Ivan Tuparov.

At the memorial service, the ministers of the Metropolitan of Sofia, together with the clergy, offered prayers for the repose of the Bulgarian bishops, Sofia confessors, ministers, ktitors and their loved ones. In prayerful unity, receive prayer from God for mercy and eternal peace for the souls of all, who served with great strength and diligence at the Sveta Tsarkva and left their offerings in the lives of the Sofia Diocese.

May God forgive you all, depart from the holy one, and may you rest in the villages of the righteous! Eternal and blessed may they be remembered!

Text and photos: Vesela Ignatova…