Today, a reminder of the former Bulgarian lands are two churches - Metropolitan church of St. St. Constantine and Elena and the church of St. George the Victorious in Edirne, and the Bulgarian community center "Prosveta" and the Bulgarian Sunday school "Ivan Vazov" unite the Bulgarian community from Edirne Thrace. The Bulgarian community center, which has become a spiritual center of people of different faiths, but with Bulgarian roots, is housed in a small building near the church of St. George the Victorious. The school is also next door, on the first floor of a building next to the church. 

Until only a year one ago the parish and the community was looked after by Father Alexander Cikirik, a hereditary Bulgarian who inherited the love for God and people from his father Filip Cikirik also a priest. 

With his dedicated patriotic activity, Father Alexander contributed a lot to the strengthening and maintenance of friendly and good-neighborly relations between Bulgaria and Turkey. Because of his great merits for the preservation of the Bulgarian cultural and historical heritage, he was awarded in February this year with the Order of St. Cyril and Methodius - first degree by the President of the Republic of Bulgaria Rumen Radev. His sudden death shook all Thracians, but what he built remains:‎

As for the Bulgarian churches in Edirne - there Father Alexander took care to leave his worthy deputy in the service of God:‎

"Personally, since I was a child, because I grew up next to the church and loved God even more," noted Father Alexander's son Georgi. "My good parents showed me the goodness of life through the church. Before that, my grandfather was in charge of the church here as much as he could. He opened it, although it was in such a bad condition, he tried with his own means to strengthen and preserve it. Then he asked my father to go and enroll in the seminary to become a priest and come here, to be able to serve and to fix both churches. Therefore, the service of God has always been close to my heart. And as soon as possible I would like to come here in my father's place ‎to replace him already officially. I will be happy - it was his dream and God grant that I will be able to realize it."‎

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