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Health Care Before the Revolution
Before the Socialist Revolution of 1944, medical care in Bulgaria was mostly inaccessible for the general population. The health system was underdeveloped, primary care...
Medical Education and Training in Bulgaria
The Academy of Medicine
All scientific and higher education institutes in Bulgaria are integrated into a single complex called the Academy of Medicine. This complex...
Social Care Services in Bulgaria
Social Home Patronage
In 49 settlements across Bulgaria, a program called Social Home Patronage has been organized. This program provides essential services for elderly people...
Byzantinism Self-Perception and Worldview
Cyril Mango argues that Byzantinism was not only related to art or religion, but also to the general self-perception and worldview of Byzantine society....
Understanding the Term “Byzantinising” in Anatolian Icons
While studying the icons produced in Anatolia, I found the term “Byzantinising” both useful and accurate. This term helps describe artworks that continue the...
Painters on the Ionian Islands in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
From the end of the seventeenth century and throughout the eighteenth century, many painters were active on the Ionian Islands. These islands became important...
Ottoman Trade and the World Economy
Between 1750 and 1815, the Ottoman Empire became increasingly connected to the world economy. By the second half of the nineteenth century, several factors...
Early Ottoman Documents and Mount Athos
For the earliest Ottoman documents concerning Mount Athos, scholars often refer to the work of G. Salakides. His study, Sultansurkunden des Athos-Klosters Vatoped aus...
Postmortem Lives of Byzantine Images
The icons preserved today in Turkish museum collections do not form a completely homogeneous group. They differ in style, quality, date, and place of...
Marmora Porta in the Quarter of Eugenius
There is good reason to believe that the Gate of Eugenius was known by more than one name during Byzantine times. Besides its usual...
