ОБРАЗЪТ НА БЪЛГАРСКИТЕ СВЕТЦИ В ПРАВОСЛАВНАТА АГИОГРАФИЯ (ИКОНОПИС)
THE IMAGE OF THE BULGARIAN SAINTS IN ORTHODOX HAGIOGRAPHY (ICONOGRAPHY)

Summary/Abstract: “We walk on a land soaked in martyr’s blood, in the footsteps of saints we know little about ...” As an ancient Christian people, we Bulgarians honor saints, monks and martyrs in their universal integrity. This spiritual pantheon includes ancient prophets, apostles and fathers, bright and familiar to all sacred names of the rank of Archdeacon Stephen, George the Victorious, Dimitar of Thessaloniki, Nicholas of Myra and hundreds of notable figures in human Christian history. The moment when Bulgaria joined the large family of Orthodox countries is indisputable but in fact, it was long before the christening of the Bulgarians by St. Prince Boris that many Bulgarian Orthodox saints shone in people’s memory and gratitude. For this good reason, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church has established a separate holiday – “Sunday of All Bulgarian Saints”, celebrated on the second Sunday after Pentecost. Unfortunately, the pantheon of our saints is still lacking a number of names, some of which were present centuries ago. Notably, there can be no doubt that this topic has not only “purely” ecclesiastical, but also its cultural and social dimensions.

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