150 YEARS OF THE BULGARIAN EXARCHY -
EXHIBITION, SEMINAR AND ICONOGRAPHIC FAIR IN THE BACHKOVO MONASTERY
 
With the blessing of His Holiness the Bulgarian Patriarch Neophyte and the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church from 03 to 07.08.2020, a monastery celebration will be held in the Bachkovo Holy Monastery, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the establishment of the Bulgarian Exarchate, iconographic gathering and one exhibition of orthodox icons. The celebration includes an exhibition "150 years of the Bulgarian Exarchate", a jubilee iconographic fair, lectures and a festive service of the Transfiguration.
Celebration program:
   03.08.2020 11:00 - opening of the iconographic fair.
                      12:00 - opening of the exhibition “150 years since the establishment of the Bulgarian Exarchate.
                      15:00 - Lecture on "Emergency activities and unexpected finds in the monastery church" St. Archangels ", Mr. Vladimir Tsvetkov, restorer.
   04.08.2020 11:00 - Lecture on "Theology of the Icon" by a representative of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.
                      15:00 - lecture on "Aesthetics of the icon" by
Mr. Dimitar Arnaudov, theologian.
   06.08.2020 07:00 - solemn service in the cathedral monastery church and litany with the most respected miracle-working icon of the Bachkovo monastery.
   07.08.2020 11:00 - closing of the iconographic fair.
 
Co-organizer:
Bulgarian Iconographic Association.