Due to the current situation, all planned cultural events on the occasion of the holiday dedicated to the all-Slavic educators, the Thessalonian brothers Cyril and Methodius, who are the patron saints of the city, have been canceled.
On that occasion, Mayor Goran Trajkovski said that the cancellation of planned events in accordance with the Culture Program for 2020, is an obligation of the Municipality of Delchevo and a contribution to preserving collective health, but Delchevo always celebrates May 24 with special piety.
- I send congratulations to all citizens of Delchevo on the occasion of the upcoming holiday of the city, when the patron saints of Delchevo are celebrated. In this time of health crisis, the health of all citizens is a priority, and as a municipality we have an obligation and we always put the health of all, above allis another. We will hold the planned events in the next period by improving the situation, said Trajkovski.
He emphasized that Delchevo pays homage to Saints Cyril and Methodius proudly celebrating them as protectors of the city, having long revered the saints.
- On this occasion, I would like to remind that at the proposal of His Eminence, Metropolitan Hilarion of Bregalnica, Delchevo receives the Slavic brothers Saints Cyril and Methodius as their saints. Guided by the idea of the connection of Delchevo as a city through which Bregalnica flows and with the Bregalnica mission, with the descriptions of the setting in the Pannonian legends and with the fact that in the Eastern region, where the work of Cyril and Methodius is connected, Delchevo did not have its patron saints. proposed this bright day, the Day of the Holy Brothers, Cyril and Methodius to be the patron saint of the city, thus perpetuating us and forever unbreakably binding us to the name of the all-Slavic educators. With that, Delchevo received saints and protectors who, I believe, give their souls to everything we do. The positive energy and the good thought should follow the inhabitants of this city and again and undoubtedly weave the primordial deep again, said Trajkovski.
Otherwise, in Delchevo The first church dedicated to the Thessalonian brothers was demolished in 1961, and today the roof construction of the new cathedral dedicated to the saints of the city is being intensively built. which with its size and architectural solution, will be the only church in the region. The funds for the construction of the facade of the church that ended last year, as well as the roof of the church, are a donation from a friend of Delchevo, Dr. Milen Vrabevski and the Foundation "Bulgarian Remembrance", and part are funds raised from donors from Delchevo.
Otherwise, kThe fact that today they are the patrons of Europe – recognition given by the Vatican in order to emphasize their importance for the unity of the European nations shows how extremely important and essential the mission of the holy brothers is.