On September 2nd, the day after the new church year began, the “Georgi Stoykov Rakovski” Military Academy inaugurated its academic academic year.
The festivities began with the celebration of the Divine Liturgy in the church “St. Archangel Michael”, located on the premises of the Academy and continued with a solemn ceremony.
The event was attended by the Minister of Defense Krasimir Karakachanov and the Chief of Defense, General Andrei Botsev, as well as from military attaches, generals and representatives of various military formations.
His Grace Polycarp, Bishop of Belogradchik, Vicar of Sofia Metropolitan, congratulated all on behalf of His Holiness the Bulgarian Patriarch Neophyte. “God bless you and give you everything you need to develop, succeed and Bulgaria be proud of you! ”Said Bishop Policarp.
During the 2019/2020 academic year, the Military Academy welcomed 357 students. Of these, 259 will be trained in the Master’s Degree “Organization and Management of Military Formations at the Operational Level” with six specializations in the professional field “Military Affairs”.