On Maundy Thursday, Orthodox Christians go back to the final days in the earthly life of Jesus Christ, the Last Supper of the Saviour with the apostles and the betrayal, his suffering, death and burial. The church services on this day recreate the events connected with the sacrifice of Christ.
“He who created the visible and the invisible world, after laying the beginning of the Eucharist, will be mocked, sentenced and will rise to Golgotha to save the human race, by shedding his own blood on the cross,” said Gregory, metropolitan of Vratsa for the BNR.
On October 14, the Bulgarian Orthodox church pays homage to Saint Paraskeva, also called St. Petka of Tarnovo and the day is known in Bulgaria as "Petkovden". Saint Petka was born in the 11th century in the town of Epibat, on the Sea of..
On 19 October 2025, the day on which Orthodox Bulgarians commemorate St Ivan Rilski the Miracle-Worker, the newly renovated St Ivan Rilski Church in Chicago will officially reopen its doors. Named after Bulgaria’s heavenly patron , the church will host..
Archaeologist Nikolay Ovcharov on Thursday announced the discovery of a large circular temple at Perperikon, the early-historic rock complex in the Eastern Rhodopes, BTA reported. Dating to the 3rd–4th centuries AD , the structure is believed to..
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