On 5.11.2022, at the headquarters of the Seliminski Center, an official award ceremony was held for Mr. Gencho Banev, teacher of the Bulgarian language at the Department of Russian Language and Philology and Slavic Studies at the University of Athens, for his merits in popularizing the Bulgarian language and culture behind border. The award was presented by Mrs. Raina Mandjukova, executive director of EXECUTIVE AGENCY FOR BULGARIANS ABROAD.
The ceremony was attended by representatives of the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in Athens, the University of Athens, Sunday School “St. Cyril and Methodius”, Sunday school “Paisiy Hilendarski”, ABV “Uchebna Akademiya”, Bulgarian Orthodox Church “Saint John of Rila”, students from the Faculty of Russian Philology and Slavic Studies, students and parents from Bulgarian Sunday schools.
After the ceremony, on the initiative of EXECUTIVE AGENCY FOR BULGARIANS ABROAD and the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria, a working meeting was held by the Executive Director of EXECUTIVE AGENCY FOR BULGARIANS ABROAD, Mrs. Raina Mandjukova, with representatives of the Embassy of Bulgaria in Athens and heads of the Bulgarian Sunday schools in Athens.
