Ballshi inscription

The Ballshi inscription is an epigraph from the time of the Bulgarian Prince (Knyaz) Boris I (852–889) testifying to the Christianization of Bulgaria.

The column was discovered by Austro-Hungarian soldiers during World War I 25 kilometres southwest of the Albanian town of Berat, near Ballshi, among the ruins of a monastery.

And in Kefallonia[1] one can still see stone columns preserved until today, on which letters have been inscribed, marking the incorporation and integration of the people to Christ.The current location of the inscription is not known.

[Εβαπτισθη ο εκ θ(εo)υ αρχων Βουλγ]αρια[ς] Βορης ο μετο- νομασθεις Μιχαηλ συν τω εκ θ(εο)υ δε- δομενω αυ- τω εθνει ε-

[The by God archon of Bulg]aria Boris, renamed Michael, [was baptized] together with his God-handed people in the year 6374 [1 September 865 – 31 August 866]