These Are the 53 Relics that Returned to Greece From Bulgaria After 109 Years - See Video and Photos - iefimerida.gr
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"These are objects of invaluable historical, cultural and emotional value," stressed the Minister of Culture, Lina Mendoni.
The 53 relics that returned to Greece from Bulgaria after 109 years were presented today in Thessaloniki. An impressive wooden door with ivory and bone inlay, a silver cover of the icon of Saint John the Baptist, two elaborate litany crosses and reliquaries, one of which bears the date March 25, 1821, are among the precious ecclesiastical relics that returned to Macedonia after 109 years in Bulgaria. The 53 objects, recorded in 48 numerical rec…
The 53 relics that returned to Greece from Bulgaria were presented at the Museum of Byzantine Culture in Thessaloniki.
A carved wooden episcopal throne, 16th-century silver fanes and two elaborate litany crosses are among the ecclesiastical relics presented on Saturday, October 10, at the Museum of Byzantine Culture in Thessaloniki, 109 years after their removal from monasteries in Eastern Macedonia. The 48 relics include a total of 53 individual objects, as some are pairs. The first […]
Lina Mendoni: "After 109 years, valuable historical and ecclesiastical relics, documents of the faith and history of Macedonia are returning...More...
Valuable works of ecclesiastical art, icons, litany crosses and reliquaries are being repatriated within the framework of the Greek-Bulgarian agreement
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