On the occasion of the 75th birthday of the Bulgarian Patriarch Neophyte, Vice President Iliana Iotova awarded him a Prof. Marko Semov award for his vivid presence in the spiritual life of the nation.
The award was instituted in 2007 by the Union of Bulgarian Journalists, the Union of Bulgarian Writers, Apriltsi municipality and the Prof. Marko Semov foundations, and has so far been awarded to poet Nedyalko Yordanov, Gergina Toncheva, founder of the National Secondary School for Ancient Languages and Cultures, film director academician Lyudmil Staykov, the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences etc.
They call Nikopol “the town of ages” because its history goes back thousands of years. It was founded as a settlement in the year 169 during the reign of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius. In 629, theByzantine Emperor renamed the town to Nicopolis, meaning..
There are rumours and speculations that some forgeries, so good that they are not inferior to the originals, could be found among the exhibits in the museums, but at the moment a whole series of forgeries can be seen at an exhibition..
A unique statue from the Roman period of Odessos, preliminarily dated to the late 2nd to the first half of the 3rd century, has been discovered during excavation works near the train station in Varna, said archaeologists from the Varna Regional..
The Feast of the Epiphany - the entry of the Theotokos into the Temple - is one of the oldest and most revered feasts in the Orthodox world. It was..
On November 22 and 23, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church will solemnly celebrate the 100th anniversary of the consecration of the Patriarchal Cathedral "St...
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