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Varna hosts the Orthodox Book Week

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The program of the Orthodox Book Week offers meetings with authors, publishers and translators of Orthodox books from the last few years. The event is held until November 10 at the ''St. Procopius of Varna'' Church, with meetings taking place every evening at 5 pm.

Special emphasis is placed on literature published in the last two years. The books presented are from the publishing houses of the Holy Synod, the Faculty of Theology at the Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Shumen University "Bishop Konstantin Preslavski", the Faculty of Orthodox Theology at the University of Veliko Tarnovo "St. Cyril and Methodius", the Zograf Monastery, etc.


This year’s participants include representatives from the dioceses of Sofia, Lovech, Ruse and Dorostol, as well as from the Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada and Australia.

The Orthodox Book Week is organized by the Diocese of Varna and Veliki Preslav with the support of the Municipality of Varna.

Photos: BGNES-archive


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