Christ's sufferings or passions, as the Church calls them, reach their climax on the day of His crucifixion. Condemned without guilt, scourged and reviled by the crowd, the Saviour takes the steep road to Golgotha later called "Via Dolorosa"...
A fresco recreating the forging of the nails for the Crucifixion can be seen in the Zemen Monastery in central Western Bulgaria. It was painted in the 14th century and is the only one of its kind, as the scene is not found in world religious painting ,..
Before the feast of the Epiphany on January 5, a great water blessing ceremony is served in Bulgarian churches. This liturgy is performed only twice a yea - on the feast of the Epiphany and on the day before known as "Voditsi ". This tradition dates back..
