In medieval Europe in general and the Balkans in particular, monasteries were centers of culture and government, economy and education, agriculture and settlement. This is evidenced by the names of places named after monasteries, such as the City of Monastir (Monastery) in Macedonia. The monasteries [...]
The Hesychasm tradition of Orthodox Christianity is a meditative prayer technique reminiscent of Buddhist mantras or "Zikr" practices of the Sufis, involving breathing and repetition of a sentence as a means of reaching God. The tradition reached the Second Bulgarian Empire from Mount Athos, and [...]
When Christianity began to spread in the world, it did not have an orderly hierarchical structure, and each group of believers created its own leadership. Christianity was pluralistic and democratic when the common denominator among its people was faith, spirituality and mutual support. Then the [...]
a different way, possessing Christian apocryphal literature and claiming that Jesus taught a secret doctrine to a select few of his close disciples. In Bulgaria, starting from the 10th century until the 14th century, the "Bogomil" heresy flourished, continuing the early Gnostic teachings. The secret [...]
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