High above the road near the village of Krepcha in the region of the town of Targovishte, one can stop and see a rock-hewn monastery. Founded in the 9th-10th century, it is one of the earliest rock dwellings on the territory of Bulgaria . It was..
Are you still wondering whether "the mouse will eat the book," i.e., whether interest in books and their mission to carry wisdom through the ages will end one day. Well, the answer to that question is “Absolutely Not”." Books will never be..
On May 11, Bulgarians in the country and abroad honor the memory of the H oly Equal-to-the-Apostles and Educators Cyril and Methodius with a number of events. The Thessalonian brothers enlightened the Slavic peoples by creating the..
A monument to the Cyrillic alphabet is to be erected in Los Angeles , a project which brings together the efforts of the Bulgarian Arts, Culture and Education Foundation, the Bulgarian Consulate General in Los Angeles and the author of the sculpture..
“It was in the Bulgarian lands that the disciples of Cyril and Methodius established cultural hubs, raising Bulgaria to a second centre of Orthodox civilization after Byzantium. It was here that the root, the foundation from which all-Slavic culture..
On June 20, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church honors the memory and work of St. Naum of Ohrid. He was one of the five most devoted students of the first Slavic enlighteners - Sts. Cyril and Methodius. Naum grew up in Moesia and participated in the..
One of the many controversies surrounding the appearance of the Bulgarian alphabet is who really created it. Arriving in Great Moravia, at the request by its Prince Rostislav to Byzantine Emperor Michael III, the brothers Cyril and Methodius..
Bulgarians celebrate May 24, the Day of the Holy Brothers Cyril and Methodius, the Bulgarian alphabet, education and culture and Slavic literature w ith festive street marches and celebrations throughout the country . In Sofia, the holiday was..
The event is organized on the initiative of a group of Bulgarians in Hamburg. In this industrial center of Germany people with Bulgarian roots are united in their desire to work for their community through the Internet in a group called..
