"We saw living parishes" - Bulgarian Daniel conveys the blessing from the Holy Land, after the first peaceful visittranslated

On October 1, His Beatitude Patriarch of Bulgaria Mr. Daniel celebrated a solemn Divine Liturgy in the Holy Church of Agia Skepi in Sofia, on the occasion of the feast of the church. The Most Reverend Metropolitan of Western and Central Europe Mr. Antonios participated in the Divine Liturgy. In his sermon at the end of the Divine Liturgy, His Beatitude conveyed to the faithful Bulgarian people, among other things, the blessing of His Beatitude the Patriarch of Jerusalem. Theofilos, on the occasion of his recent peaceful visit to the Holy Land.

His Beatitude Mr. Daniel reported: "According to the testimony of Patriarch Theophilos, for the first time since the beginning of hostilities there were so many people on the Day of the Cross. The situation there is not easy at all. Christians in Jerusalem, Bethlehem and other settlements live with the burdens and fears of what is happening, but we saw lively parishes - confirmation of the words of St. John the Theologian: "the full stop love casts out fear"".

He went on to emphasize the fact that renovations are taking place everywhere. "The Church of the Resurrection of Christ is being restored, just like the Basilica in Bethlehem, which was erected on the site of...