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Service in memory of victims of Saint Petersburg terrorist attack held at Saint Nicholas the Miracle-Maker church in Sofia

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A service in memory of the victims of the terrorist attack in Saint Petersburg was served on Tuesday at Saint Nicholas the Miracle-Maker downtown Sofia, also known as the Russian Church. The Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Sofia Anatoly Makarov attended the memorial service. Dozens of laymen also prayed for the souls of the victims of the terrorist attack in Saint Petersburg’s subway. The terrorist attack in Saint Petersburg is an atrocious act of vandalism and terrorism and only the joint efforts of the countries against terrorism will stop that terrible phenomenon of the 21st century, Ambassador Makarov said before the start of the memorial service. Ambassador Makarov thanked the Bulgarian people for their sympathy with the Russian people after the terrorist attack in Saint Petersburg.




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