Speech of His All-Holiness, Patriarch Daniel of Bulgaria at the Holy Divine Liturgy on the Last Day of the Jubilee Celebrations and Veneration of the Holy Relic of Saint Clement of Ohrid in Sofiatranslated

Speech of His All-Holiness, Patriarch and Metropolitan of Sofia Daniel at the Holy Divine Liturgy on the Last Day of the Jubilee Celebrations and Veneration of the Holy Relic of Saint Clement of Ohrid

Venerable Archbishop Kiprian, Your Eminences and Right Reverends, Esteemed guests from the Local Orthodox Churches, Esteemed Mr. Petkov, Director of the Department of Religious Affairs of the Municipality of Sofia, Esteemed Mr. Mayor of Sofia, Esteemed Regional Governor, Esteemed representatives of the state and municipal authorities, Dear and God-loving fathers, Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

It is a joy and honor for us to be here today in the cathedral of the holy and God-bearing Sofia Diocese, to share together with all of you the Mystery of the Holy Divine Liturgy and the concluding moments of the Jubilee Celebrations and Veneration of the Holy Relic of the great God-pleasing and Wonderworker Saint Clement, Archbishop of Ohrid and First Bishop of the Bulgarian language, as he is attested in historical sources and revered in our church and national memory.

We are grateful for this true spiritual joy and for...