Today marks the 80th anniversary of the day when fighter pilot Dimitar Spisarevski saved the city of Sofia during the Second World War . He died defending the capital from American bombing. On 20 December 1943, during a night-time bombing raid, the..
On December 9th we celebrate St. Anna - the mother of the Virgin Mary. Joachim and Anna had been childless for many years and prayed to God to grant them a baby. One day an angel of the Lord appeared to Anna and told her that she would give birth to..
The National Ethnographic Museum now has a digital ethnographic map of Bulgaria presenting the artifcats it has collected through the years. The map shows – comprehensivley and region by region – elements of the movable and intangible ethnographic..
Not long ago, just a month ago, the Russian Church in Sofia consecrated as St. Nicholas Mirlikiysky the Miracle Worker welcomed with joy its new superior - Archpriest Vladimir Tishchuk. Like his grandfather and father, he is a hereditary priest and from..
On 30 November, the Bulgarian Orthodox church honours the memory of the Apostle Andrew, known as First-Called. Together with his brother Peter he was among the first of Jesus Christ’s disciples. After the resurrection of Christ, when the apostles..
A protest meeting entitled "104 Years of the Dictated Treaty of Neuilly" is organized at the House of Culture "Krasno Selo" in Sofia. The protest meeting will show some of the books and exhibitions that were not allowed to enter Serbia, thus ruining..
"Bulgarians have a strong desire for national self-determination and a strong desire to go back in time to learn about their origins and to rebuild their identity, which was apparently forcibly taken from them during the long years..
Exploration of the water between Cape Kilik and Ilanjik Point, north of the mouth of the Kamchia River, has revealed some unique discoveries. Once, ancient ships were sheltered in these secluded coves from the tempestuous waters of the Black Sea. It..
The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary is one of the twelve great Christian feasts c elebrated by the Orthodox and Catholic Churches on November 21. The Bulgarian Orthodox Church marks it especially solemnly as the Day of Christian Family..
As if coming out of a fairytale, the carriages of the Third Bulgarian Kingdom transport us back in time, and, maybe, to an imaginary world of childhood we all cherish. Such a journey through history is offered by the Museum of Horses and Equestrian..
Professor Vladimir Kefalov is among the scientists who have been awarded the prestigious Bresler Prize in Vision Science. Professor Kefalov earned the..
30% of the hotels in the Black Sea resort of Sunny Beach open in the beginning of May. These are mostly high-class hotels for which reservations have been..
More than 30 years after the democratic changes in Bulgaria in 1989, May 1 continues to be a public holiday and a non-working day, but..
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