On October 8, 927, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church was declared autocephalous (independent from that of the Byzantine Empire). The recognition was granted by the Byzantine Emperor Romanos I Lekapin and was part of a peace treaty concluded between Byzantium and Bulgaria at the beginning of the reign of Tsar Peter I, which provided for thirty-one …

Very often people around the world expect easy answers to complex questions. We find this type of behavior in Bulgaria when on a given topic it is said "Let's do it like it is done 'in the West' or 'in civilized countries'". The topic of preserving cultural heritage is one of those immeasurably complex issues, for which, however, ...