Balgarianovinite.com Addressing the second part of the International Cyrillic Forum at the Rila Monastery on Thursday, Boyana Mincheva from the National Library Sts Cyril and Methodius presented a report on the first printed edition that combines the Life of St. John of Rila with his liturgical service in Church Slavonic. This edition was published at the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra monastery in 1671.
The Ukrainian books, printed at the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra monastery and preserved in the special collections of the National Library, total 191 volumes. “This printed edition of St John of Rila’s life contains many intriguing and open questions that continue to draw the interest of researchers,” she said.
According to Mincheva, the Ukrainian books arrived in the Bulgarian lands primarily via three routes – Mount Athos, Constantinople, and the Danube. They played a significant role in worship and cultural life during the centuries of the Ottoman rule, served as liturgical and educational literature for primary education, and boosted the cultural, educational, and spiritual life in the Balkans. The editions include moral-theological texts, liturgical books, and the first primers for basic education.
Organized by President Iliana Iotova, the two-day forum on “Cultural Heritage in the Digital Age” brings together scholars from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and Bulgarian universities, as well as distinguished speakers from Germany, Italy, Poland, Romania, Hungary, Kazakhstan, and China. It is held under the auspices of the National Commission of the Republic of Bulgaria for UNESCO, with the assistance of the Ministry of Education and Science and the support of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.
The first part of the forum took place at the National Palace of Culture (NDK) congress centre in Sofia on Wednesday.
Attending the event are President Iliana Iotova, Bulgarian Patriarch and Metropolitan of Sofia Daniil, Hegumen of the Rila Monastery, Bishop Evlogii of Adrianople, Metropolitan Seraphim of Nevrokop, and Bulgarian News Agency Director General Kiril Valchev. Boyana Mincheva Presents Copies of Early Printed Edition Combining St John of Rila’s Life with His Service 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-03-26 17:59:22 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law