Talk about offbeat news! The Director of Bulgaria's National Museum of History, Bozhidar Dimitrov shockingly charged that FYROM's secret service is responsible for stealing the relics of St. John the Baptist from the town Sliven where they were apparently set on public display. A Serbian news portal said that Dimitrov announced this to the media after finding out about it from a Skopje contact. The purpose behind this looting, added the Director of Bulgaria's Museum, is and was to make genetic analysis tests (or DNA tests) on the relics so that FYROM scientists can prove that the Slavs in this region are direct descendants of God, or argue that Jesus Christ was of Slavic origin!
The silver and gold reliquary, a personal gift from Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, apparently containing the relics of St John the Baptist had been returned to the town of Sozopol with one missing bone. The news was reported in mid April by "24 Chassa" (24 Hours) daily and other such media agents citing Sliven Bishop Yoanikiy. He says the theft occurred while the relics were displayed at the Sliven church "St Dimitar." Father Ivan, from the St. St. Cyril and Methodius in Sozopol, where the relics are housed permanently, had notified as early as April 5 that the content of the reliquary was not returned intact from Sliven.
The remains were apparently uncovered on July 28, 2010, by a team of archaeologists, led by Prof. Kazimir Popkonstantinov during excavations of the floor of the medieval monastery on Saint Ivan island, near Bulgaria's historical, coastal town of Sozopol. They were placed in a sealed reliquary buried next to a tiny urn inscribed with St. John's name and his birth date.
In Skopje, the Interior Ministry did not want to comment on Dimitrov's allegations.
The remains of St. John the Baptist, according to Dimitrov, were discovered on a small island in the Black Sea, near the town of Sozopol and many claim that they are authentic.
His Bulgarian counterparts, on the other hand, are criticizing him for these allegations and note that he is playing on the religious sentiment of the general public with the aim of finding his own five minutes of fame.
Whatever the reason... this whole thing sounds and is totally absurd.
Jesus Christ was not of Slavic background... He was from northern Africa.
Stupidity has its limits!
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