Part of the area around the St. Alexander Nevski cathedral in the centre of Sofia is now a pedestrian zone. This is one of the first decisions by the new mayor of Sofia Vasil Terziev, in response to a request submitted years ago by Boris Bonev..
Today, August 30, the Orthodox Church commemorates Saint Alexander, Patriarch of Constantinople. On this day, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church celebrates the transfer of the relics of St. Alexander Nevsky. On August 30, 1724, under Emperor..
"One must have died many times to paint this way. They rightly call Rembrandt a magician,” Vincent van Gogh wrote with admiration for his compatriot in one of his letters to his brother Theo. Two centuries separate two of the greatest Dutch..
The dome of the bell tower of the Cathedral of the Dormition of the Theotokos, the most emblematic church in Bulgaria's seaside port city Varna has been gilded. The other domes are to be gilded as well. The gilding has been made possible thanks to a..
On November 23, on the feast day of St. Prince Alexander Nevsky, the Sofia-based patriarchal cathedral of St. Alexander Nevsky marks its patron da y. The saint was the heavenly patron and protector of the Russian Emperor Alexander II and the Russian..
