The leader of the Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Church, now visiting Israel, expressed his appreciation Friday for the Jerusalem municipality’s concern in preserving the holy places. The Bulgarian dignitary. Patriarch Maximus, who arrived last week as a guest of the Greek Orthodox Church, and Greek Orthodox Patriarch Benedictus, visited Mayor Teddy Kollek. The Jerusalem Mayor said the Jewish people would never forget the help the Bulgarian church extended to Jews under the Nazi occupation.
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