Commemorative events will celebrate 100 years from the attack at Holy Sunday Church

On April 16, the 100th anniversary of the deadliest attack in the new Bulgarian and European history, in which, from a powerful explosion under the dome of the temple, 130 people and over 400 were wounded were killed under the dome of the temple. The attack was funded and assisted in the organization by a Comintern, led by Moscow, and carried out by the military department of the Bulgarian Communist Party, which after 1919 was already in the prehension and became a section of the Communist International. What aimed at the attack was not documented in a decision by the party’s central leadership, the historians say, though the commemorative slab of the wall of the temple was written that the purpose was to kill Tsar Boris the Third. The organizers wanted to behead the state from the political, military and police leadership « in order to cause a revolution » – this is the vast description of the motive in the indictment in the subsequent trial, which pronounces three death sentences and three other part -time. In addition to the lawsuit, about 200 Bulgarians have fallen in the state out -of -court countermeasures of the state, most of which, although with left -wing beliefs, did not support the armed actions at all.

On the occasion of the tragic anniversary, scientific institutes and public figures are organizing thematic conferences and commemorative events that will be held this week because of the coincidence this year of the day of the attack with the Holy Week. The same was the coincidence 100 years ago – April 16, 1925, is Great Thursday, before the Resurrection of Christ.

On April 9 at 10.30 am at the Metropolitan Holy Sunday Temple, Patriarch Daniel will serve a memorial service for those killed in the assassination. « This is the most malicious terrorist act in Bulgarian history, in which, after the explosion of the dome of the temple, 134 people are killed and the wounded are about 500, some of them die later from their wounds. Eternal memory! », The Metropolitan of Sofia said in a message.

From 11.30 am on April 9, an academic conference will be held at the Aula of the Theological Faculty of Sofia University, at which three reports of historians will be presented with topics: « Tsar Boris the Third – between the coup and the attack » by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ivaylo Shalafov; « Personalized Evil: The Performers » by Ch. Prof. Dr. Ivan Yovchev; « The reaction of the Holy Synod against the attack » by Prof. Dr. Pavel Pavlov.

A scientific conference will be held on April 11 and 12 with a wider scope – « Terrorism, Violence and Policy in Bulgaria between the two world wars. One hundred years since the attack in the church » St. Sunday «  Co -organizers are the Faculty of History of Sofia University « St. Kliment Ohridski », New Bulgarian University, the Sofia Library (where the forum will be held) and the State Agency « Archives ».

The purpose of the conference is to clear the past from counterfeiting, the event said. More than 20 reports will be presented on various topics from the period, among them how to reach the attack, the distinctions from the terrorist act, the reflection on public life and the economy, the reflection in newspapers, the response around the world.

Jubilee Album « 100 Years of the attack » of the Bulgarian History Association is published this week With documents and photos collected by the State Agency « Archives », the National Library « St. St. Cyril and Methodius », the Bulgarian National Film Library, as well as by the Bulgarian and foreign press, some of which are published for the first time, publishers announce. The album is structured in three parts, tracing the political situation before the attack, its performance and consequences.