A team from the Bulgarian embassy in Beirut paid a visit to the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, founded in the 17th century by monks from the Lebanese Maronite Order.
They discussed the university’s readiness to implement the project “Preserving the collection of invaluable liturgy icons”. The aim is to preserve medieval icons, some of which with inscriptions in Old Church Slavonic. The project is part of the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry’s operational programme Bulgarian Development Aid. The conservation will be done by Bulgarian history specialists and experts in the restoration and conservation of icons, the Bulgarian embassy in the Lebanese capital has announced, the Bulgarian news agency BTA reports.
"Folklore is a need for humans and this need will not disappear just like that, " says Assoc. Prof. Dr. Natalia Rashkova - ethnologist and folklorist, university lecturer and researcher with a strong contribution to the study of..
Researchers from Bulgaria and abroad are gathering in Sofia for a scientific conference. The forum will be held on October 16 and 17 in the building of the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum at the..
The Sofia Zoo has a new resident – an 11-year-old male snow leopard, BNT has reported. He comes from Nordens Ark Zoo, located in Bohuslän, Sweden and is named Araatan. Some time ago, a female leopard arrived from the Helsinki Zoo,..
The Sofia Zoo has a new resident – an 11-year-old male snow leopard, BNT has reported. He comes from Nordens Ark Zoo, located in..
"Folklore is a need for humans and this need will not disappear just like that, " says Assoc. Prof. Dr. Natalia Rashkova -..
Researchers from Bulgaria and abroad are gathering in Sofia for a scientific conference. The forum will be held on October 16 and 17 in..
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