The church of St. Demetrius, which is one of the most important medieval cultural monuments, lies in the village of Patalenitsa, located at the foot of the Rhodope Mountains. The temple remained buried in the ground for five centuries and avoided desecration by the Ottoman invaders. This is why some frescoes typical of the Renaissance period are well preserved. The legend has it that the church was discovered accidentally in the 19th century by a local shepherd who saw the top of a metal cross protruding from the hill after a heavy storm. Thus, the local legend, according to which a Christian temple was buried under the small mound, was confirmed. In 1870, the church was named after Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki.
"Late Medieval Bulgarian Clothing and Armour" is the name of the new permanent exhibition at the Baba Vida Fortress in the town of Vidin on the Danube. Visitors can see the clothing, armour and accoutrements of the late Middle Ages in the Bulgarian..
The International Scientific Forum "Cultural Bridges: the Stories of Remarkable Bulgarians in Serbia" took place at the end of June in the town of Tsaribrod in Serbia. It was organised with the financial support of the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and..
On All Saints' Day, when the Bulgarian Orthodox Church marks the Synaxis of All-Praiseworthy Twelve Apostles of Christ and the memory of all known and unknown martyrs and confessors of Christ, the laity in Bulgaria were rewarded for their faith...
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