От национални герои към светци или за живописта в църквата в село Драгодан
From National Heroes to Saints or of the Paintings in the Dragodan Village Church

Summary/Abstract: This article adds yet another monument to the hitherto known churches painted in 1885 by Michalko Golev and Dimiter Sirleshtov from Bansko, i.e. the Church of SS Cyril and Methodius in the village of Dragodan. The article provides a comprehensive description of the mural paintings and the icons at the church. Close attention is devoted to such historic figures as St Prince Boris-Michael and mostly, to Khan Asparukh, the founder of the State of Bulgaria, whose representation is set on a panel below the icons on the iconostasis. The historical sources of the Period of the National Revival used by the painters are overviewed. The modifications in the texts as well as their bearing on the changes in the iconographical programme of the monuments of the Late National Revival Period are traced, which have led to the canonization of such national heroes as Bulgaria’s first sovereign, Asparukh Khan of Bulgaria.

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