中世纪保加利亚统治者萨穆伊尔沙皇的遗骸周六在军机编队飞越的迎送仪式中运抵索非亚。随后，仪仗队将灵柩护送至圣索菲亚教堂，民众排队向遗体表达敬意。
The remains of Czar Samuel, a medieval Bulgarian ruler, were flown to Sofia on Saturday under a military flypast. Honour guards then carried the coffin in a state procession to the Church of St Sophia, where crowds queued to pay their respects.
萨穆伊尔在位期间为扩张王国与拜占庭帝国作战，并于1014年去世。60年前，人们在希腊边境地区发现了他的遗骨，此后保加利亚数十年来一直与雅典谈判，希望将其迎回故土。
Samuel spent his reign fighting the Byzantine Empire to expand his kingdom, and he died in 1014. His bones were found in a Greek border area 60 years ago, and Bulgaria has negotiated with Athens for decades to bring them home.
周六的移交仪式是在保加利亚和希腊文化部长本周达成协议后举行的。根据协议，保加利亚将归还第一次世界大战期间从希腊修道院带走的宗教圣物。
Saturday's handover follows an agreement this week between the Bulgarian and Greek culture ministers. Under it, Bulgaria will give back religious relics taken from Greek monasteries during the First World War.