The relics of Saint Euthymius of Tarnovo, the last head of the Bulgarian church before the fall of the country under Ottoman rule in the 14th century, are on display in Bachkovo Monastery. The occasion is the decision of the Holy..
An encolpion cross came to light during archaeological investigations of the ancient Almus fortress in Bulgaria's town of Lom situated on the Danube River. The cross is about 1,100 years old and was made during the reign of Tsar Simeon the Great (from 893..
On October 19, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church honors the memory of Saint Ivan /John/ of Rila, the Wonderworker /876-946/. Ivan Rilski is the most famous Bulgarian saint and hermit, patron of the Bulgarian people, and founder of the..
On this day, Orthodox Christians pay homage to the Holy Great Martyr Zlata Maglenska . She lived during the Ottoman rule in the second half of the 18th century and sacrificed herself for her faith in Christ. Zlata Maglenska was born in a poor..
On 14 October, he Bulgarian Orthodox church honours Saint Paraskeva, also called St. Petka of Tarnovo. The icon of Saint Petka depicts a pretty young woman in a nun’s habit, or in royal attire, with a cross in her left hand and with her..
A new priceless find has been discovered during excavations of the medieval Bulgarian town of Rusocastro . While exploring its massive fortress wall, archaeologists came across a silver coin (tornese) minted in the Kingdom of France. A small part of..
Archaeologists found a 2,500 years old Scythian sceptre in the last days of this season's excavations in the prehistoric salt mining and urban center "Provadia - Solnitsata" in Northeast Bulgaria, BTA reports. The 5th century BC sceptre is..
The Moscow Patriarchate will soon appoint a new head of the Russian Church in Sofia to replace Archimandrite Vasian, who was expelled from the country. This is the answer to the letter that the Bulgarian Patriarch and Sofia Metropolitan Neophyte sent to..
Bulgaria is on the threshold of yet another round of elections for mayors and municipal councilors, who form the local government in the various regions of the country. As the main political institution of citizens in a democratic society, local..
Although it is located in the poorest region of Bulgaria, the village of Gradeshnitsa is rich in archaeological finds, which testify to the presence of human societies as early as the early Neolithic era - the sixth millennium BC. The..
The 39th national march "In the Footsteps of Tanyo Voivode's Detachment" began from the town of Tutrakan. The event is held under the auspices of..
76 years after his death, the remains of the first Bulgarian Tsar of the Third Bulgarian Tsardom, Ferdinand I, were returned to the..
The price of natural gas will rise by a bit over 8% in June, the chairman of the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission, Ivan Ivanov,..
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