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БРАТЯ МИЛАДИНОВИ И ЗВЕЗДАТА НА ЕПИСКОП ЩРОСМАЙЕР
MILADINOVI BROTHERS AND THE STAR OF BISHOP STROSSMAYER

Author(s): Plamen Bochkov
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Anthropology, Social Sciences, Psychology, Customs / Folklore, Communication studies, Sociology, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure
Published by: Асоциация за антропология, етнология и фолклористика ОНГЬЛ
Keywords: folk songs; collection; national liberation; spiritual upliftment; Slavic unity;

Summary/Abstract: The article recalls lesser-known facts from the relations between the Croatian bishop Josip Strossmayer and the brothers Konstantin and Dimitar Miladinovi in the period around the publication of the collection of folk songs from 1860. The bishop is among the main supporters of the idea of Bulgarian liberation a collection with the conviction that it helps the spiritual uplift of a glorious people in the past. The work of Bishop Strossmayer is an example of political courage and cultural foresight, and he emerged as a recognized leader of Slavic unity in the long service of his spiritual fast.