On February 15, 2023, in the Prof. Marin Drinov Hall of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences the book “Identità europea e radici cristiane. Atti del Convegno Internazionale di Studio, Veliko Tarnovo, 26 maggio 2018” (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2021), edited by Kiril Kartaloff, was presented. The prestigious edition is a result of the scholarly conference The Christian Roots of Europe, held in Veliko Tarnovo in 2018 under the patronage of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences, the Vatican Apostolic Library, the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Union, St. John XXIII Foundation - Bergamo, and University of Veliko Turnovo St Cyril and St. Methodius.

Participants were welcomed by Prof. Dr. Roumiana Il. Preshlenova, Director of the Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Tracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, H. E. Msgr. Luciano Suriani, Apostolic Nuncio to Bulgaria and North Macedonia and Mr. Arnaud Boberὸ, Attaché for Scientific and University Cooperation, on behalf of the Embassy of France and the French Institute in Bulgaria.
The book was presented by the bishop of the Nikopol Diocese, H. Exc. Msgr. Strahil Kavalenov and the President of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences Father Bernard Ardurà, O. Praem.

The event ended with performances by the Academic men's choir "Gusla" under the leadership of its chief conductor Maestro Acad. Valentin Bobévski.

Image Credit: Ivan Vandov