The governing body of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, the Holy Synod, unanimously elected on February 9 Branitsa Bishop ...

The Orthodox Church today honors the memory of St. Charalambos the Wonderworker,, a revered figure known for his miraculous ...

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The medieval settlement included an inner city-citadel on a high rocky plateau, an outer city and unfortified suburbs.

After spending seven years in Constantinople and Mount Athos, he returned to Bulgaria and founded a monastery near the Holy Trinity Church in Turnovo, where he established the Tarnovo Literary School.

The Foreign Office has issued a key update as terrorist attacks "cannot be ruled out" in a popular European holiday spot.

The Dafhni Monastery in Athens, Greece, a Byzantine masterpiece, is designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Credit: Sp!ros, CC BY-SA 4.0/Wikipedia The Daphni Monastery on the outskirts of Athens ...

Bulgaria has undergone a significant transformation over the past three decades. It has transformed from a highly centralized, planned economy to an open, market-based, upper-middle-income economy ...

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