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Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Celebrates 155th Anniversary, Signs Cooperation Agreement with Romanian Academy

Nikolay Zabov
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Celebrates 155th Anniversary, Signs Cooperation Agreement with Romanian Academy
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Celebrates 155th Anniversary, Signs Cooperation Agreement with Romanian Academy
The Bulgarian delegation visiting the Church of the Ascension in Braila, September 18, 2024 (BTA Photo/Biser Todorov)
Romania,  
19.09.2024 12:13
 (BTA)

The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) and the Romanian Academy signed a new cooperation agreement at a ceremony in Bucharest on Tuesday. The agreement is part of the initiative to celebrate BAS's 155th anniversary.

BAS President Julian Revalski said this was not just a renewal of the cooperation agreement between the Bulgarian and Romanian academies but also a new beginning.

RA President Ioan-Aurel Pop said: "We are proud that BAS was founded in Romania, and that our country supported such an important event."

An exhibition dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the first edition of Petar Beron's Fish Primer opened at the RA Library in Bucharest. Revalski said that this book can be described as the first Bulgarian encyclopaedia.

Archbishop Casian of Lower Danube welcomed the Bulgarian delegation visiting Romania to the Church of the Ascension in Braila on Wednesday. He and Archpriest Kiril Sinev, who represents the Bulgarian Patriarchate in Bucharest, led a prayer service in Bulgarian and Romanian. Casian proceeded to list some of the historical figures who connect Bulgaria and Romania, among whom Queen Theodora of Tarnovo, declared a saint by the Romanian Orthodox Church, Sophronius of Vratsa, who published his Nedelnik in 1806 in the Romanian city of Rymnik, and Hristo Botev, who fought for cultural and spiritual freedom.

Later Wednesday, Revalski stated that the Bulgarian Literary Society, which eventually turned into BAS, was undoubtedly the most significant contribution to the Bulgarian Revival in the spiritual sphere. He expressed gratitude to the Romanian people saying: "The Romanian land was the place that served for the establishment of the Bulgarian Literary Society. The people who materially helped its creation were Bulgarians who lived here, on your land, and you welcomed them in your homes."

The Mayor of Braila Viorel Dragomir said that Bulgarians have built wonderful things in his city, which has been home to various ethnic communities over the centuries. He noted that, historically, foreigners who settled in Braila were usually people who wanted to engage in trade, but there were also exiles seeking shelter. The Mayor added: "We may be speaking about them in the past tense, recalling that Braila provided a home for them, but I would suggest that we speak about today and tomorrow as we commemorate them, and throw bridges to connect us with them."

The celebration in Romania was attended by the Bulgarian Ambassador to Romania Radko Vlaykov, BTA Director General Kiril Valchev and representatives of the Hristo Botev Association of Bulgarians in Braila, the municipal government and the Romanian Academy.

/RY/

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