1976 – 1000 years of Bulgarian icon
“An icon is not simply a religious picture designed to evoke appropriate emotions in the beholder; it is one of the ways God reveals himself to us. Through icons, the Orthodox Christian receives a vision of the spiritual world.” Ware, 1993




In connection with the celebration of 1300 years since the establishment of the Bulgarian State on the Lower Danube, the National History Museum is organizing an exhibition "1000 years of Bulgarian icon (IX-XIX centuries)". The exhibition visited a number of large European cities such as Paris, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Berlin, Vienna