On November 25, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church honours the memory of St. Clement of Ohrid – a distinguished archbishop, teacher and scholar. He was among the most prominent disciples of the brothers Cyril and Methodius, the Holy Seven Apostles – the first teachers of the Bulgarians. After the death of St. Methodius (885 AD) and their expulsion from Great Moravia, the Holy Seven Apostles came to Bulgaria. Tsar Boris welcomed them and entrusted them with educating the people.
Clement was the founder of the Ohrid Literary School comprising 3,050 students. In 896, Tsar Simeon appointed him as bishop of Drembica (Velica), a diocese that included Ohrid. St Clement passed away in 916. St. Clement of Ohrid is the patron saint of Bulgaria's oldest higher education institution-Sofia University.
What was the animal world like in the region of what is today the town of Trun more than 80 million years ago – that is the question paleontologists from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences’ National Museum of Natural History have been trying to answer...
The National History Museum celebrates the 130th anniversary of the birth of Tsar Boris III with the exhibition "Tsar Boris III. Personality and Statesman" . It will be opened today in the central lobby of the museum. The exhibition will present, in..
26 years ago, on 30 September, at the initiative of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church (BOC), a Pan-Orthodox Council was convened in Sofia to resolve the schism within the Bulgarian clergy . Then, despite the efforts of Patriarch Bartholomew of Istanbul to..
On November 24, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church honors St. Catherine (Sveta Ekaterina in Bulgarian) , who was one of the most educated women of her time...
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