The Vice-President of BAS Prof. Shtelian D. Shterionov participated in a ceremony to pay tribute to the memory of the innocent victims of the Holocaust and commemorate 82 years since the salvation of the Bulgarian Jews. The event was held on March 10 in front of the “The Wall of the Bulgarian Righteous” memorial in the courtyard of 134 “Dimcho Debelyanov” High School – ORT School. Archimandrite John offered a memorial prayer for the victims.

The event was also attended by Minister of Justice Georgi Georgiev, Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Defence Hristo Gadzhev, Deputy Minister of Education and Science Tania Mihajlova, ambassadors, representatives of the rabbinate, Orthodox clergy and citizens. Wreaths and flowers were laid at the “Wall of the Bulgarian Righteous” memorial placed in the school yard by Roman Stoyanov.