KAN KUBRAT'S SWORD
THE SYMBOL OF THE ETERNAL POWER AND SPIRIT OF THE BULGARIANS

The sword has been the main attribute and symbol of holy power potency and might of its possessor since antiquity.
In 1912, near the village of Malaya Pereshchepina, region in present Ukraine, there was found an enormous treasure of gold and silver objects, the richest early medieval finding in Europe. Experts estimate the finds as burial gifts in the necropolis of the Bulgarian ruler Khan Kubrat (632-665). He raised to new heights one of the mightiest European political and cultural dominants of the 7th century - OLD GREAT BULGARIA.
The ruler's sword also belongs to the finds. It is 94.2 cm long, with a gold cover on the handle. It is impressive proof of the nobleness and authority of the Bulgarian Khan and the state he ruled.

Price: 240 €

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KAN KUBRAT'S SWORD
THE SYMBOL OF THE ETERNAL POWER AND SPIRIT OF THE BULGARIANS

Small copy

Price: 60 €

 

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SILVER ROSETTE

The bronze rosette with seven rays, which was found in Pliska, the old capital of Bulgaria (7th – 9th centuries), is a symbol of the religious beliefs of the ancient Bulgarians and a proof of their developed astronomical knowledge. Art reproduction of the bronze rosette is made from silver or chromium-nickel steel. Bilingual passport and box attend each one.

Price: 30 €

SROSETTE FROM CHROMIUM-NICKEL STEEL

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ART CHESS

The wooden chessmen are unique and hand-made. The white ones are made of ash-tree and the black ones of walnut-tree and they meet all standards and requirements set by the International Chess Federation. The Bulgarian Chess Federation has approved them.
The chessboard is specially made of leather following the traditions of the ancient Bulgarian art of processing leather for which the Bulgarians were famous during Middle Ages. It is decorated with characteristic ancient Bulgarian symbols. The so-called Cosmic turtle is engraved on the black squares. It is a graphic expression of the philosophical concepts of the ancient Bulgarians of the structure and movement of the Universe. While so-called ypsilon with two hasts – the most widespread ancient Bulgarian sign related to the ancient Bulgarians` belief and representing their symbolic idea of the supreme deity is engraved on the white squares.

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A SILK SCARF
AND A HANDKERCHIEF
WITH BULGARIAN EMBROIDERY

They are hand-made in the style of the traditional Bulgarian embroidery, characterized by its ancient and rich symbolism pointing at the deep roots of Bulgarian culture.

In application to them there is a passport in English and Bulgarian.

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Scarf 42 €
Handkerchief 9 €

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In the dawn of the Christian civilization the Bulgarians had their unique place. In the year 451 in the battle at the Avarairian field, 1036 Armenians and Bulgarians died in defence of Christianity, who were later canonized. Khan Koubrat (632-665), the ruler of Old Great Bulgaria, was a follower of Christianity. In 864 Christianity was adopted as state religion in Bulgaria. The Orthodox spirit and culture enjoyed a rapid development. The holy Brothers CyriI and Methodius, proclaimed Patrons of Europe, created the Bulgarian - Slavonic script. Bulgaria accepted their disciples who laid the foundations of the Preslav and Ohrid Literary Schools. A new stage in the development of the Orthodox culture was marked by the Turnovo Literary School (14-th c.). Books and leading figures spread throughout the Orthodox World. Bulgarian spiritual leaders stood at the head of other churches: Michael (10-th c.) the first Bishop of Kiev, was a Bulgarian; St. Kiprian was Bishop of Moscow and the whole of Russia (15-th c.); Grigorii Tsamblak was Bishop of Lithuania and of Kiev; Issidor; Grigorii, the Bulgarian; Yossif Bolgarinovich were Russian archipastors. St. Efrem Turnovski (of Turnovo) and Spiridon Bulgarian were at the head of the Serbian Church in the 14-th c. St. Paisii Hilendarski (of Hilendar), who wrote the Slavonic - Bulgarian History, is called the Father of the Bulgarian National Revival (18-th c.).
The Bulgarian saints are a bright manifestation of the Bulgarian spiritual and cultural influence on Christianity.

ST. KNYAZ (TSAR) BORIS-MICHAEL,
THE CONVERTOR (9-th c.)

Born in the 30-ies of the 9-th c. In the year 864 he introduced Christianity as state Religion. Led by the conviction that Bulgaria was then the third Great power in Europe, he achieved international recognition of the autonomous Bulgarian archbishopric. After his death in 907, Tsar Boris-Michael was canonized. He is celebrated on 2 May.
St. Knyaz Boris-Michael contributed to the glory of faith and church as a ruler mainly. The symbols depicted - Holy Cross and a scroll with the script - indicate his enormous impact on Christianisation and education of the Bulgarian society.

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ST. IVANRILSKI (JOHN OF RILA) (10-th c.)

The most popular and beloved saint and patron of the Bulgarians. The first Bulgarian hermit, founder of the emblematic Rila Monastery, where his relics are kept.
The cult to St. Ivan Rilski is of common Slavonic dimension. The saint is celebrated on 19-th October.
He is one of the few perfect hermits in Christian Europe. In Roman Catholicism, his analogues are St. Patrick and St. Benedict of Nuria who are the founders of western monk tradition. The stylised cross in his right hand and the parchment scroll in his right hand symbolise his unflagging faith and the testament he left to his followers.

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ST. CYRIL AND ST. METHODIUS (9-th c.)

The Christian missioners, the brothers Constantine-Cyril, the Philosopher, and Methodius gave a new impetus to the Ancient Bulgarian civilization. They created and established the Bulgarian-Slavonic script and the Old-Bulgarian literary language. Pope Adrian II blessed their mission and books.
The holy brothers Cyril and Methodius, equal to the Apostles, are celebrated as patrons of the Bulgarian and Slavonic culture. The Roman Catholic Church pronounced them as Patrons of Europe. St. Cyril was buried in St. Clemente Church in Rome and his grave is a sanctuary for the Bulgarians and the other Slavonic peoples.

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The St. Brothers Cyril and Methodius are celebrated by the Orthodox Church on 11-th May, and on 24-th May with nationwide festivities.
The binary image of Sts. Cyril and Methodius is painted according to the classical canon of the historically correct iconography. St. Cyril, the younger brother, is on the left, in his dress, which is typical of the Eastern Orthodox monks of the 9-th c. The usual colours, black and brown, are used for the gown and the shirt in the icon. The cross is most often a symbol of a mission - Christianisational, educational or Evangelical. St. Cyril's personality unites all three. The open scroll with Cyrillic letters in the left hand highlights the effect. In this case, the historical truthfulness is consciously marred (the letters are not Glagolic), marking the finalisation of his work.
St. Methodius is dressed as a typical bishop (archbishop) gown with a polystavrion and crossed lapel. The archbishop's mace in his right hand indicates his clerical post Archbishop of Velegrad. The gospel in his right hand symbolises the main achievement of the holy brothers - the translation of the Holy Script into the Old Bulgarian-Slavonic language. St. Methodius is bare headed, without his archbishop's kamelaukion, which points out the visible age difference between the two saints.

THE HORSEMAN FROM MADARA

 

Price: 180$

 

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