STORY: The Bachkovo Monastery is located in the Rhodope Mountains and on the tentative list of UNESCO world heritage sites, and each year on Easter Monday worshippers gather to take part in a ...

Bulgaria's Rila Monastery opened Saturday its church-historic museum after eight months of renovation works. The precious collection, has been extended and some of the exhibits were restored, ...

Bulgaria's Interior Minister Rumen Petkov will leave for Greece on Tuesday to be a guest for the holiday of the Bulgarian "Sveti Georgi Zograf" monastery in Sveta Gora (Holy Mount). The Bulgarian ...

Pater Vitaliy tried to get a grip on the squalling, squirming, half-naked infant, who only screamed louder when he raised her up and then dipped her bare legs in the cold water of the metal baptismal ...

Rila Monastery was founded in the 10th century by St John of Rila, a hermit canonized by the Orthodox Church. His ascetic dwelling and tomb became a holy site and were transformed into a monastic ...

An Early Christian rock monastery in Northeast Bulgaria, which according to some historians andarchaeologists is the oldest of its kind in Europe, has been revived for the first time since the ...