Magnificents Icons in Bulgaria

From the Publisher

Orthodox Christian art has been created on Bulgarian soil for more than a thousand years. The adoration and prayers to the icons of Jesus Christ, Virgin Mary and all the Heavenly Powers, Prophets and Saints help true believers to achieve communion with God and the Holy Wisdom.

Thus - the holy images help us and guide us throughout the complicated journey ot our life every time we pray before them. And every time when our prayers are sincere and dedicated, we achieve our spiritual and religious purification.

The full devotion in our prayers is vital and here the Icons help us to get deeper in our spiritual journey and religious initiation! At the moment of prayer the devotees undergo religious catharsis through the guidance of the holy images.

In the Orthodox Christian tradition all icons are painted with deep religious faith. Of course, this includes the Icons represented in this book. Furthermore, all printed reproductions of the icons, blessed by the Fathers of our Orthodox Christian church, possess the same power as the originals. Their divine guidance to the worshippers in their search for help and advice is indispensable. For centuries the icons represented in this book have been in divine service on the walls and iconostasis of the Orthodox Christian churches.

With the reproduction of all these icons our desire is to let our readers find their own spiritual path and motivation to pray to God, as other worshippers have done for centuries.

Let this desire for spiritual communion be revived in us every time we communicate with these icons, and let them awaken in us humility and love, along with the admiration for this outstanding religious art left to us by our ancestors!

Methodius Petrikov

Sofia, 2020