The 75th Anniversary of the Death of Bulgarian Tsar Boris III

Today marks the 75th anniversary of the death of Tsar Boris III. On this occasion, many of the churches of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church will be serve prayers, FOCUS News Agency reported.

The memorial service at his grave in the monastery temple "Nativity of the Blessed Virgin" in the Rila Monastery will be served by the Adrianopolitan Bishop Evlogi.

Boris III was born on January 30, 1894. His full name is Boris Clement Robert Mary Pius Louis Stanislaus Xavier. He is the son of King Ferdinand I and Princess Maria Luisa Bourbon-Parmes, the brother of Cyril Preslavski.

In 1896, he was renamed into the Orthodox faith - his godfather was the Russian Emperor Nikolay II. His reaching of lawful age was celebrated in Sofia in 1912 with great celebrations in the presence of the crown princes of Turkey, Romania, Serbia, Greece and Montenegro and prominent foreign guests.

Crown prince Boris (2nd from right) and German Field marshall Von Mackensen reviewing a Bulgarian regiment accompanied by the Commander in Chief General Zhekov and the Chief of Staff Army General Zhostov during World War I

He participated in the Balkan War with the Seventh Rila Division. In 1915 he attended the Military Academy in Sofia. During the First World War, as a commanding officer at the Staff of the Existing Army, he executed orders of the Supreme Command of a military and political nature.

Tsar Boris III ascended to the throne on October 3, 1918. He married Princess Giovanna of Italy and their children were the princess Maria Luisa (January 13, 1933) and Simeon, Prince Tarnovski (June 16, 1937).

The rule of Tsar Boris III is during very difficult and politically complicated years. Defeated in World War I, after...