“He who wants to be first amongst you, let him be the servant of all.” According to legend, that was the advice St. Ivan of Rila gave Tsar Peter while politely declining the royal gifts he had brought. The hermit monk set a personal example – tearing..
Elena Adamova is an artist from Saint Petersburg who has made icon painting her life’s work. She came to Bulgaria out of love, and has been married to her Bulgarian husband for 41 years. She started painting icons in the early 1980s, first for..
