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 Synod for a new church holiday in the Orthodox calendar - "Glorification of the relics of Saint Euthymius, Patriarch of Tarnovo", celebrated on October 22.
The relics of Saint Euthymius were discovered in the Bachkovo Monastery in 1905 and scholars have long debated whether they are authentic.
On Friday, Patriarch Neophyte and thousands of Christians paid respect to the relics in the Holy Great Martyr Marina church in Sofia.
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The head of the statue of Tyche, the goddess of Philippopolis, has been discovered in the Episcopal Basilica in Plovdiv, said the head of the excavations Lyubomir Merdzhanov. According to him, this is an extremely rare artefact that has been awaited..
105 years ago, on November 27, 1919, a treaty was signed in the Parisian suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine, officially ending Bulgaria's participation in World War I (1914-1918). Historians define the document as "another national..
On November 30, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church honors the memory of St. Apostle Andrew . In Bulgaria the saint is known as Saint Andrey and the folk..
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