Today's Quote

Former Prime Minister, Ambassador to Washington DC, now EU Envoy to Georgia, Filip Dimitrov (l) and former Bulgarian President, Petar Stoyanov (right), seen at the solemn mass in Sofia served in honor of great patriot Dimi Panitza. Photo by BGNES

"If Communism had not ruled Bulgaria for 45 years, Dimi Panitza, grand-son of another great Bulgarian, Ivan Evstatiev Geshov, would have stayed in Bulgaria, and if he had children and grandchildren, Bulgaria could have a sixth generation of intellectuals. Dimi Panitza was one of the last heroes of the Bulgarian National Revival. A true patriot, unlike those , who just brag, but don't do anything."

Former Bulgarian President Petar Stoyanov (1997-2002) speaking during the mass to honor the memory of the late great Bulgarian John-Dimitry Panitza, August 2, 2011

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