They joined religious leaders from around the region, including Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, Greek Orthodox Archbishop Christodoulos, Turkey's Armenian Patriarch Mesrob II, Romanian Orthodox Patriarch Teoctist, and Bishops Neofit and Domitian of Bulgaria, as well as representatives of Albania's religious communities -- Catholic Archbishop Rrok Mirdita, Selim Muca of the (Sunni) Muslim community, Haxhi Dede Reshat Bardhi of the (Shi'ite) Bektashi Muslim community and Orthodox Archbishop Anastasios.
Στην τελετή της Παρασκευής παρευρέθηκαν αρχηγοί κρατών από Αλβανία, Βουλγαρία, Βοσνία και Ερζεγοβίνη, Κροατία, Ελλάδα, πΓΔΜ, Μαυροβούνιο, Ρουμανία, Σερβία, Σερβία- Μαυροβούνιο και Τουρκία.