Share

Text size

Bulgarian National Radio © 2025 All Rights Reserved

A memorial service was held in memory of all Bulgarian fallen soldiers

published on 11/4/23 2:07 PM

Photo: BTA

On the occasion of Archangel's All Souls' Day, Bishop Polikarp of Belogradchik held a memorial service at the Military Mausoleum - ossuary of the Central Sofia Cemetery.

The ceremony was attended by Bulgaria's President Rumen Radev, Minister of Defence Todor Tagarev and the Chief of Defence Adm. Emil Eftimov.

In memory of the soldiers who died while performing their military duty, wreaths were presented on behalf of the President, Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister Mariya Gabriel, the National Assembly, the Bulgarian Red Cross and other organizations.

The Bulgarian soldiers who died for the Motherland were honored with funeral services and military honors in all the country's garrisons, the Ministry of Defence announced. With church services, laying of wreaths and flowers, and military rituals at Bulgarian military cemeteries and monuments abroad, the memory was honoured of the servicemen who died in the wars of national liberation and unification, in the Balkan, Inter-Allied, First and Second World Wars, as well as the servicemen who died in peacekeeping operations and in the performance of their military duty in peacetime.

Representative units of the Ground Forces, the Air Force and the Navy, the Joint Special Operations Command, the Logistics Support Command and the higher military schools participated in the rituals in memory of the fallen Bulgarian military officers.

Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!

Radio Bulgaria News All Souls Day Archangel Michael Archangel's All Souls Day Zadushnitsa

Gallery

More from category

Photo-documentary exhibition about the April Uprising opens in the National Assembly

Today at 12:30 p.m. a photo-documentary exhibition on the topic "The Worldwide Echo of the April Uprising". will be opened in the Marble Lobby of the National Assembly. The great-grandson of William Gladstone - Francis Gladstone will..

published on 5/14/25 6:05 AM

The weather remains changeable

During the night , in places in Western and Central Bulgaria there will be precipitation, more intense around and after midnight in the Rila-Rhodope region and in the western part of Stara Planina. In some places thunderstorms are..

published on 5/13/25 7:45 PM

President Rumen Radev

President Radev: Majority is moving towards the eurozone, but distancing Bulgaria from Europe

In a statement issued today, President Rumen Radev said, "Fearing the outcome of a referendum on Bulgaria's readiness to adopt the euro in 2026, the new parliamentary majority has trampled on the Constitution and the law, using the Speaker of the National..

published on 5/13/25 6:51 PM

1
..
4
5
6
7
8
..
10

WEATHER

Pick city: Sofía

Partly Cloudy
Min: 2 | Max: 25

BULGARIA IN PICTURES

Which world-famous Bulgarian artist designed QSL cards for Radio Bulgaria?

MOST VIEWED

Protest to disrupt public transport in Sofia on 14 May

Public transport workers in Sofia have announced a protest for Wednesday, 14 May, which is expected to cause significant disruption before noon. Although..

published on 5/13/25 5:05 PM

Sofia remains paralyzed without surface public transport

A protest under the slogan "Decent work - decent remuneration! There is no economy without transport!" stopped the operation of all..

published on 5/14/25 10:17 AM

The protest of Sofia's public transport workers will continue indefinitely

The protest of the workers in Sofia's public transport, which has blocked the capital since the morning, is still ongoing , the chairman of the..

published on 5/14/25 5:30 PM

shopify analytics ecommerce
tracking