The portion of the Balkan Range around Elena enjoys unflagging tourist interest, with visitors coming from Bulgaria and abroad. Some even choose to stay and live here, blending in with the local colour. Over the weekend the hotels in Elena and the..
The History Museum in Asenovgrad is marking the 940 th anniversary of the founding of Bachkovo monastery with an exhibition “Miraculous icons and holy relics in the Balkans”. Founded by Gregory Pakourianos, Bachkovo Monastery was part of..
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church celebrates the feast of the Annunciation with solemn festive liturgies in churches across Bulgaria . The bright holiday is a commemoration of the joyful biblical event in which the angel Gabriel announced to the Virgin Mary..
In the middle of the 20th century, dozens of Bulgarian villages were submerged forever underwater and their inhabitants were forcibly evicted from their land. The communist government started the mass construction of dams, but at the..
The reverence of the Orthodox world for the icons of the Mother of God and the saints is particularly strong. They are a means of communication with the Lord, which is why the faithful address their prayers to them. "The living faith..
Scientists from the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore with an Ethnographic Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences have visited and studied dozens of places in Turkey, Greece, the Republic of North Macedonia, Serbia, Romania, Albania, Russia, Italy,..
The government has allocated over 800,000 euro for the renovation of Christian Orthodox churches and Ibrahim Pasha Mosque in Razgrad , BTA reports. “In Bulgaria only ethnic tolerance, understanding among religions and among people can pull..
For the upcoming Christian holidays of Palm Sunday on April 12 and the Orthodox Easter on April 19, the police presence throughout the country will be strengthened, the Secretary General of the Ministry of Interior, Chief Commissioner Ivaylo Ivanov,..
In the wake of the Covid-19 epidemic, mosques in Bulgaria remain open, but common prayers, including Friday prayers, are canceled by a decision of the Mufti Council. The Chief Mufti's Office has called on the sick and people over the age of 60 not..
Not long ago Bulgaria again came into the spotlight as a tourist destination, this time with the ancient Nessebar on the Black Sea, a breathtakingly beautiful spot with an eventful history going back millennia. The peninsular town,..
