Bulgaria gave Greece relics from Macedonia as part of its Tsar Samuil exchange

Bulgarian historian Goran Blagoev revealed that Greece had exchanged the bones of Tsar Samuil for relics belonging to the Ohrid Archbishopric. Specifically, the item in question—a reliquary containing the remains of a female saint—was taken to Bulgaria from Ohrid; it had originally been housed in the Church of St. Mother of God in Ohrid before […] The post Bulgaria gave Greece relics from Macedonia as part of its Tsar Samuil exchange appeared first on Republika English .