Within the Bulgaria’s Communication Strategy, an exhibition entitled "Prayers in 5 Languages" has opened in the lobby of the Regional Administration of Lovech. This year, one of the topics is "Tolerance and prevention of hate speech". The exhibition presents visual panels, informational materials and prayers in Church Slavonic, Arabic, Turkish, Hebrew and Armenian languages, also performed as chants in specific religious feasts. Visitors can see the Arabic original of Al-Fātiḥah, which is the first chapter (sūrah) of the Quran, as well as the Hayr mer (Our Father) prayer in Armenian and the Hebrew Haggadah, dating back to the 14th century.
After the Liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman rule, architects from Europe flocked to Sofia, which became the new Bulgarian capital city in 1879, to give it a modern look and functionality. In the end of the 19 th century the first..
Patriarch Daniil of Bulgaria sent a letter to Metropolitan Onufriy of Kyiv and All Ukraine (Moscow Patriarchate), the Bulgarian Patriarchate reported. The message reads: "Your Beatitude, on this date exactly 10 years ago, your solemn enthronement as..
Orthodox Christians mark the Dormition of St. John of Rila, who is considered the heavenly protector of the Bulgarian people. The saint was born in the village of Skrino in the Osogovo Mountain in the second half of the 9th..
There are rumours and speculations that some forgeries, so good that they are not inferior to the originals, could be found among the..
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..
On October 19, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church honors the memory of the humble hermit from the Rila mountain and heavenly patron of the Bulgarian people and..
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