14 October is a special day for people in Sevlievo – it is the day when the town celebrates its patron saint, St. Petka. The day begins with a church service, after which the townspeople flock to the town square, where pumpkins reign supreme – the..
On 14 October, he Bulgarian Orthodox church honours Saint Paraskeva, also called St. Petka of Tarnovo. The icon of Saint Petka depicts a pretty young woman in a nun’s habit, or in royal attire, with a cross in her left hand and with her..
In “Bulgaria Today” on Thursday, October 14, we bring you first the latest news stories from this country. Next on the show, we tell you more about the restoration of St. Paraskeva church in the village of Balsha near Sofia. At the end, it’s time for..
Elena Adamova is an artist from Saint Petersburg who has made icon painting her life’s work. She came to Bulgaria out of love, and has been married to her Bulgarian husband for 41 years. She started painting icons in the early 1980s, first for..
