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..
A group of researchers are on the trail of the places that have kept the memory of Bulgaria, so as to outline the country’s cultural bounds outside its national borders. These include monuments, war graves, fortresses, churches, monasteries..
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 porcelain and ceramics exhibition by renowned Czech designer Roman Šedina will remain as part of the cultural programme of the Czech cultural centre in Sofia. After being shown in Sofia, the exhibition is now on display in Burgas on the Black Sea..
From August 1 until September 13, the The Palace Cultural Center in the coastal town of Balchik presents some of the most beautiful items made by the Chiprovtsi Goldsmith School (the middle of 16 th - the beginning of 18 th century). The..
Did you know that the building of the Sofia City Library in Slaveykov square was designed by one of Bulgaria’s top female architects – Victoria Angelova, in 1926? And if you are asking yourselves why this fact is so important, let us say that it is part..
2022 marks the 160 th anniversary of the birth of Dimitar Petrov Kudoglu, known as the biggest donor to Bulgarian healthcare. On this occasion, a special exhibition of 20 panels has been arranged at the eastern end of the Tsar Simeon garden in the..
Works by renowned Bulgarian artists of the 20 th century will be displayed at the City Art Gallery-Exhibition Hall 19 in the city of Plovdiv. Plovdiv’s most spacious exhibition hall is named after the city’s title of European Capital of Culture for..
Exhibition “The Days of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in Sofia (27 October 1913 – 2 February 1915)” opens today in Bulgaria's capital city in the "Archives" exhibition hall. The exhibition presents archival records, detailing the life of the..
It is quite unlikely that in the last two and a half years, as we "were protecting" ourselves from the virus in our homes, anyone of us imagined that millions of people would be forced to flee their "safe strongholds." Hardly anyone..
