Bulgarian Icons 1100 Years Bulgaria Icon A National History Museum Collection

In 863, Boris I, King of Bulgaria, proclaimed Christianity the state religion of Bulgaria. This was the birth of the Bulgarian icon. It borrowed directly from the style and merits of the Byzantine icon, as it was from Byzantium that Bulgaria adopted Christianity together with the Byzantine Orthodox service. This book contains illustrations of various Bulgarian icons.Matakieva-Lilkova, Teofana is the author of 'Bulgarian Icons 1100 Years Bulgaria Icon A National History Museum Collection' with ISBN 9789545000799 and ISBN 9545000791.