On the Day of the Liberation of Bulgaria from the Ottoman Yoke, a memorial service was held in Moscow for the soldiers who died during the years of the Russian-Turkish war.

On the Day of the Liberation of Bulgaria from the Ottoman Yoke, a memorial service was held in Moscow for the soldiers who died during the years of the Russian-Turkish war. В День освобождения Болгарии от османского ига в Москве совершена панихида по воинам, погибшим в годы Русско-турецкой войны print version March 4, 2019 16:39 March 3, 2019, on the Day of the Liberation of Bulgaria from the Ottoman Yoke (the national holiday of the Republic of Bulgaria) and the 141st anniversary of the end of the Russian-Turkish war of 1877-1878, a solemn commemoration of Russian soldiers was held at the chapel in honor of the icon of the Mother of God of the Sign and the Holy Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky - a monument to the heroes of Pleven in Ilinsky Park, Moscow. With the blessing of His Holiness the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill, the bishop of Dmitrovsky Feofilakt , the manager of the South-West Moscow Vicariate, made a requiem. His Grace was served by the Acting Archpriest Andrei Rechytsky, rector of the chapel, Archpriest Alexander Saltykov, representative of the Patriarch of Bulgaria under the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Archimandrite Feoktist (Dimitrov) , representative of the Synodal Department for Interaction with the Armed Forces and Law Enforcement Bodies, Archpriest Alexander Dobravryev, Archimandrite Dobrechev, Yevroshchevny of the Iversky Church District of Moscow; Archpriest Arseny Totev, Archpriest Alexander Kurnasov, Priest Gennady Lapshin, Protodeacon Konstantin Laptev, and also Cleric, Department of the flax cathedral in honor of the Okovetsky icon of the Mother of God in the city of Rzhev, Tver region ( Rzhev eparchy ), priest Victor Voznesensky. The liturgical chants were performed by the choir of the Suvorov Moscow Military-Musical School named after Lieutenant-General V.M. Khalilov. The ceremony was attended by Charge d'Affaires of the Republic of Bulgaria in the Russian Federation Alexander Kovachev, Deputy Director of the Fourth European Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Igor Kalabukhov, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee of the Federal Assembly on International Affairs Alexey Chepa, Head of the Department of Internal Policy of the Presidential Administration Evgeny Eremin, Deputy Head of the Department for the perpetuation of the memory of those killed in the defense of the Fatherland of the Ministry of Russia's major harrows, Major General Valeriy Kudinsky, Minister of the Moscow Government, Head of the Foreign Economic and International Relations Department Sergey Cheremin, representatives of the Moscow Government, public associations “Russian Military-Historical Society”, “Union of Friends of Bulgaria”, etc. Employees of the Republic of Embassy also prayed at the service. Bulgaria in the Russian Federation and representatives of the Bulgarian diaspora, Cossacks, Cadets, Nakhimov, Suvorov. At the end of the memorial service, the participants and guests of the ceremony were greeted by A. Kovachev, I. Kalabukhov, A. Chepa, Major General V. Kudinsky and other officials. Then a wreath-laying ceremony and military honors were given to the soldiers who died for the liberation of Bulgaria from the Ottoman yoke. *** March 3 - the day of the end of the Russian-Turkish war of 1877-1878. - A national holiday of the Republic of Bulgaria in honor of the liberation of the country from the Ottoman yoke. After five centuries of foreign rule, Bulgaria gained freedom, for which thousands of soldiers of the Russian army, Romanian and Finnish soldiers, Bulgarian militiamen who died in the battles of Plevna, Grivitsa, Stara Zagora, Sheinovo and at Shipka Pass passed their lives. As a result of the war between Russia and the Ottoman Empire on March 3, 1878, the San Stefano Peace Treaty was signed, which marked the beginning of the revival of the Bulgarian state. From 1878 to today, Emperor Alexander II and the soldiers who fell on the battlefield for the liberation of Bulgaria in the Russian-Turkish war of 1877-1878 are commemorated at the Liturgy in all Orthodox churches in Bulgaria. The Moscow chapel, a monument to the heroes of Plevna, built by the comrades of the fallen grenadiers and established in Soviet times during the persecution of the Church, today is an important reminder of the historical and spiritual unity of Russia and Bulgaria. The opening of the monument chapel took place on November 27, 1887, on the day of the decade of the Battle of Plevna. Up to the revolutionary events of the twentieth century, Muscovites always solemnly celebrated the memory of the deceased grenadiers. This tradition was restored in the 1990s by parishioners of the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Kadashi.