PROTESTANT MISSIONARIES IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY ESKI ZAĞRA (STARA ZAGORA)
PROTESTANT MISSIONARIES IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY ESKI ZAĞRA (STARA ZAGORA)

Summary/Abstract: Protestant religious mission in nineteenth-century Eski Zağra was carried out by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, whose station in the town functioned between 1859 and 1877. The mission objective was spiritual reformation of the Bulgarians and the means used by the missionaries in the town included, together with preaching, educational and publication activities. Very important initiative was the organization of a girls’ school, which generated some interest among town people. But most of the missionaries’ efforts met opposition or at least indifference. Although the Americans did not achieve any considerable religious success, they had some wider cultural influence in nineteenth-century Eski Zağra.

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