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The relics of the great Christian Orthodox theologian St. Maximus the Confessor, which were transported from Mount Athos to the patriarchal St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia will travel to Plovdiv Tuesday afternoon.
Believers will get a chance to venerate them in St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral until 4 pm Tuesday, after which they will start their round trip in Bulgaria, making a first stop in Plovdiv, before being transported on to Varna and Silistra.
The relics of St. Maximus were brought to Bulgaria on the occasion of festivities commemorating of the 40th anniversary of the enthronement of Bulgarian Patriarch Maxim, which was solemnly celebrated Sunday.
The relics are kept at the St. Paul Monastery in Mount Athos and only rarely travel abroad; they will be brought back to their home after Thursday.
St. Maximus the Confessor lived 580-662, being born in Constantinople and died in Georgia. He is considered one of the greates theologians in the Eastern Orthodox world, having laid down key percepts of christian philosophy in the East.
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