THE SUPREME COUNCIL, 33°
of THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE
of Freemasonry in Bulgaria
installed on January 7, 2001

Official delegation of the Supreme Council, 33° of A.A.S.R. in Bulgaria, composed of Ill∴ Ilia Koev, 33° - Grand Secretary General and Ill∴ Miroslav Voutchkov, 33° - Inspector General Honorary participated in the Feast of the Order of the Supreme Council, 33° for the Republic of Ivory Coast that took place on June 24, 2023 in Abidjan.

Ill∴ Assad Bassit, 33° - Sovereign Grand Commander of the Supreme Council for Côte d'Ivoire, presided a 4° degree solemn ceremony of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite. In the closing part of the event, all foreign guests were awarded as Honorary Members of the Supreme Council, 33° for the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire.

The perfectly organized 4° degree solemn ceremony in Abidjan was attended by many members of the Order from Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Congo (Kinshasa) and Burkina Faso, as well as eight delegations of visiting Supreme Councils

This was the first participation of the Bulgarian Supreme Council in the Feast of the Order of the Supreme Council, 33° for the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, as the official fraternal relations between the two Councils were established in 2001.

The Supreme Council, 33° for the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire is one of the leaders of its continent and presides over the Confederation of Supreme Councils in Africa. Subordinate bodies of the A.A.S.R. are working under its auspices in Guinea, Congo (Kinshasa) and Burkina Faso.

Grand Secretary General Ill∴ Ilia Koev, 33° congratulated all brothers from Côte d'Ivoire on behalf of the Supreme Council, 33° of A.A.S.R. in Bulgaria and presented a commemorative plaque from Sovereign Grand Commander Ill∴ Rumen Naydenov, 33°

The event was attended by foreign delegations led by the Sovereign Grand Commanders of France, Gabon, Haiti, and Slovakia. The Supreme Councils for Togo, Benin, Madagascar, and Bulgaria participated through their representatives.

The foreign delegates to the Feast of the Order in Côte d'Ivoire

The Bulgarian delegation with Ill∴ Assad Bassit, 33° - Sovereign Grand Commander of the Supreme Council, 33° for the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire