Magnificent Icons in Bulgaria

Magnificent icons in Bulgaria - IX-XIX century

Magnificent icons in Bulgaria is a project of METHODIVS BOOKS publishing house, representing one hundred Orthodox Christian icons, created in the span of a millennium – from X to XIX century, currently part of the collections of the National Archaeological Institute with a museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, National Gallery/Museum of Christian Art, National Museum of Ecclesiastical History and Archaeology, National History Museum and Rozhen Monastery "Holy Nativity of the Mother of God".

This priceless heritage of centuries-old icons, certifying the indisputable Bulgarian contribution to European and world art, is still not well known in our country and around the world. This publication is aiming to promote in a distinguished and technically innovative way the wonderful examples of Bulgarian Christian art.

Author of the texts is the renowed Byzantine scholar Dr. Georgi Parpulov. The selection of the icons is done by the publisher Methodius Petrikov.