A highly impactful Christmas concert took place in Istanbul, featuring performers from Nessebar. The event, dedicated to the Nativity of Christ, was organized at the invitation of the chairman of the foundations of the Bulgarian Orthodox churches in Istanbul and Edirne, Dimitri Yotev.

Participating were the vocal group "La fede", the folklore ensemble "Makedonka" and the folklore ensemble "Bulgarka" of the "Yana Laskova" Community Center - Nessebar, as well as the folk singer Danislav Kehayov. The concert was held in the hall of the Bulgarian Exarchate and brought together the consul in the General Consulate in Istanbul, Toshko Tomov, Bulgarian emigrants and the members of the board of the Bulgarian Exarchate.

According to the chairman of the "Yana Laskova" Community Center, Miglena Shterionova, the concert is another cultural event realized along the lines of the long-standing friendly relations with the Bulgarian Exarchate in Turkey and on the occasion of the 120th anniversary of the creation of the first Bulgarian community center in Nessebar. After the concert, the artists from Nessebar received new invitations to participate in cultural events in Turkey.