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Bulgaria Celebrates Day of National Awakeners

Bulgaria Celebrates Day of National Awakeners

November 1, 2020 · by Ivan Dikov · in Bulgarian Empire, Christianity, Middle Ages, Modern Era, Other History

Bulgaria marks on November 1, 2020, its Day of National Awakeners, a holiday designed to honor the people who brought about the “awakening” or revival of the Bulgarian nation in the 18th, 19th and early 20th century.

New Exhibition Showcases Bulgaria’s 15th-19th Century Religious Culture and Folklore Art at National Museum of History in Sofia

New Exhibition Showcases Bulgaria’s 15th-19th Century Religious Culture and Folklore Art at National Museum of History in Sofia

February 6, 2018 · by Ivan Dikov · in Christianity, Middle Ages, Modern Era, Other History, Ottoman Empire

Bulgaria’s National Museum of History in Sofia is opening a new exhibition which is to showcase “The Sacred Space of Religious Culture and Folklore Art in the Bulgarian Lands, 15th-19th century.”

164 More Old Bulgarian (Slavonic) Manuscripts Uploaded to Specialized Digital Library of Sofia University

164 More Old Bulgarian (Slavonic) Manuscripts Uploaded to Specialized Digital Library of Sofia University

May 11, 2016 · by Ivan Dikov · in Bulgarian Empire, Christianity, Middle Ages

Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” (“St. Clement of Ohrid”) has announced the expansion of its specialized digital library of manuscripts in Old Bulgarian, also known as Slavonic or Church Slavonic, through the “digitization” and uploading of a total of 164…

Archaeologists Make Last Discoveries As They Excavate in Full Medieval Monastery at Urvich Fortress near Bulgaria’s Sofia

Archaeologists Make Last Discoveries As They Excavate in Full Medieval Monastery at Urvich Fortress near Bulgaria’s Sofia

October 21, 2015 · by Ivan Dikov · in Bulgarian Empire, Christianity, Middle Ages, Ottoman Empire

Archaeological structures and artifacts from the 14th-17th century AD have been discovered during the last days of the excavations of the late medieval monastery St. Iliya (St. Elijah) at the Urvich Fortress near the Bulgarian capital Sofia.

Archaeologists Find 10th Century AD Heart-Shaped Belt Decoration in Medieval Fortress Urvich near Bulgaria’s Capital Sofia

Archaeologists Find 10th Century AD Heart-Shaped Belt Decoration in Medieval Fortress Urvich near Bulgaria’s Capital Sofia

October 4, 2015 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Rome / Roman Empire, Antiquity, Bulgarian Empire, Christianity, Cultural Tourism, Middle Ages, Ottoman Empire

A belt decoration shaped like a heart dating back to the 10th century AD is among the latest finds from the renewed 2015 archaeological excavations at the medieval fortress Urvich near Bulgaria’s capital Sofia. The “heart” belt decoration is said…

Bulgaria Celebrates Bulgarian (Cyrillic) Alphabet and Culture on Day of St. Cyril and St. Methodius

Bulgaria Celebrates Bulgarian (Cyrillic) Alphabet and Culture on Day of St. Cyril and St. Methodius

May 24, 2015 · by Ivan Dikov · in Bulgarian Empire, Christianity, Middle Ages, Modern Era, Other History

Bulgaria and Bulgarians around the world have celebrated on May 24, 2015, the Day of St. Cyril and St. Methodius, i.e. the Day of the Bulgarian Alphabet (more widely known internationally as the Cyrillic) and Bulgarian Culture.

Archaeologists Discover 14th Century Gold Coin from Delhi Sultanate in India at Medieval Bulgarian Fortress Urvich

Archaeologists Discover 14th Century Gold Coin from Delhi Sultanate in India at Medieval Bulgarian Fortress Urvich

December 2, 2014 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Rome / Roman Empire, Antiquity, Bulgarian Empire, Middle Ages, Ottoman Empire

A large gold coin minted by the Dehli Sultanate in India in the 14th century AD has been found by Bulgarian archaeologists during excavations of the medieval fortress Urvich located some 20 km southeast of Sofia.

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