The only surviving icon from the ancient church St. Nicholas Miracle Worker in Dolni Rakovets village near Radomir – the icon of the Holy Virgin with Infant – will be put on display in the church as of today until 15 August, the church board has..
On the outskirts of Sofia, about 7 km northeast of the city, lies the Obradovsky Monastery. It is among the oldest known monasteries around today's Bulgarian capital and is dedicated to the holy great martyr Mina (Menas), an Egyptian warrior who died..
Worshipers from all over the country accompanied the miraculous icon from Bulgaria's Bachkovo Monastery in the traditional liturgical procession to the Kluviata area , where the icon was found. At the beginning of the 17th century, on Bright Monday,..
The Regional History Museum in Burgas has published a catalog in Bulgarian and English of all the icons from its exposition and some of those in its repository. The museum has a collection of icons from the National Revival period which are among the most..
On August 6, the Orthodox Church celebrates the Holy Transfiguration of our Lord Jesus Christ (Preobrazhenie Gospodne). In Bulgaria this is a very widely celebrated religious feast as many churches bear the name of this feast. Among..
An icon of the Old Testament Holy Trinity, donated to the Holy Trinity church in Bansko was consecrated today, Pentecost. The valuable icon was painted by monks from Docheiariou monastery on Mount Athos in Greece, where the original of the icon,..
