On Maundy Thursday, Orthodox Christians go back to the final days in the earthly life of Jesus Christ, the Last Supper of the Saviour with the apostles and the betrayal, his suffering, death and burial. The church services on this day recreate the events connected with the sacrifice of Christ.
“He who created the visible and the invisible world, after laying the beginning of the Eucharist, will be mocked, sentenced and will rise to Golgotha to save the human race, by shedding his own blood on the cross,” said Gregory, metropolitan of Vratsa for the BNR.
Petrich municipality has received an award for original promotion of the tourist destination Heraclea Sintica , Katya Stoyanova, head of the "Restoration, conservation and socialization of Heraclea Sintica" project, said this for BTA. The award..
What was the animal world like in the region of what is today the town of Trun more than 80 million years ago – that is the question paleontologists from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences’ National Museum of Natural History have been trying to answer...
The National History Museum celebrates the 130th anniversary of the birth of Tsar Boris III with the exhibition "Tsar Boris III. Personality and Statesman" . It will be opened today in the central lobby of the museum. The exhibition will present, in..
On November 24, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church honors St. Catherine (Sveta Ekaterina in Bulgarian) , who was one of the most educated women of her time...
On November 25, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church honours the memory of St. Clement of Ohrid – a distinguished archbishop, teacher and scholar. He was among..
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