Old Testament Readings for the Feast Meeting of the Lord: A Hermeneutical Key for the Old Testament’s Exegesis in the Orthodox Church

The paper traces the main accents in the worship of the feast Meeting of the Lord towards the exegesis of the Old Testament and consider it as the "hermeneutical key" for understanding, accepting, and interpreting the Old Testament in the Orthodox Church. The Lawgiver who obeys the Law, the sacrifice’s theme and the antithesis light/darkness are the main ideas in the worship and its exegesis of the Scripture. Keywords: Lowgiver; Low; Light; Darkness

Virtual-Physical Space "Bulgarian Cultural and Historical Heritage"

The article presents a virtual physical space for storage and presentation of digitized Bulgarian cultural, historical and similar sites. The space is realized with the help of integrated technology, including means of artificial intelligence, enhanced with modern technologies such as IoT (Internet of Things) and CPSS (Cyber-Physical-Social System). The advantages of space compared to the usual approaches for developing this type of systems are discussed. The objects digitized in accordance with the CCO standard (Cataloging Cultural Objects) are stored in a distributed knowledge base, implemented mainly as ontologies. The space provides users with a personal travel guide who is able to understand and fulfill their wishes and preferences. Keywords: Virtual-Physical Space (ViPS); Cataloging Cultural Objects (CCO)

Phytonymic Lexics and Its Reflection in the Linguistic Picture of the World (Based on the Russian and Bulgarian Languages)

This report dwells on the study of the names of the medicinal herbaceous plant cow parsnip (hogweed), related to the thematic group "Medicinal herbaceous plants of the Composite Family (Compositae)". It considers the origin of the nominations and determines the productive methods of formation, as well as the principles of nomination of the plant reality being analyzed in the system of the two languages (Russian and Bulgarian). Keywords: World’s Linguistic Picture; Nomination; Phytonym; Russian; Bulgarian

Plastic Decoration of Holy Doors from the Fund of the National Church Historical and Archaeological Museum of the Holy Synod – Elements and Symbolism

The proposed article examines the plastic decoration of the Holy doors from the fund of NCHAM of Holy Synod. The Holy doors are a completely complete separate element, but they also carry their semantic load as a part of a larger unified whole, such as the church iconostasis. The article focuses on questions related to the characteristic and symbolism of the plastic decoration of the Holy doors, the characteristic stylistic features and features of the era, the masters and individual schools. In the course of the exhibition, brief attention is paid and their use and importance of the worship services is presented. Parallels are mentioned and described, as they complete and further reveal the issues. Samples from the Fund of the National Church Historical and Archaeological Museum of the Holy Synod which are represented, are the subject of a comprehensive, independent study. I express my gratitude to the National Scientific Program "Young Scientists and Postdoctoral Scholars" 2020 of the Ministry of Education and Science for the financing of the scientific project at the Theological Faculty of Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" on the topic: "Holy doors the fund of the National Church Historical and Archaeological Museum of the Holy Synod (Liturgical function, iconography, plastic decoration. Contributions to national identity)", with a scientific leader Assoc. Prof. Dr. deacon Ivan Ivanov. Thank you to the Director of the Nacional church historical and archaeological museum of the Holy Sinod Assoc. Prof. Dr.Ivan Rashkov and his team for attention. Keywords: Holy Doors; Plastic Decoration

Preservation and Promotion of the Cultural-Historical Heritage and the Settlement Culture (Following the Example of the Town of Kableshkovo, Burgas District, Bulgaria)

The town of Kableshkovo, Bourgas district is located in southeastern Bulgaria, within the municipality of Pomorie and near the town of Nessebar. Many migrants from Aegean Macedonia and Thrace, as well as from Erkech (today's Kozichino) live in Kableshkovo. Nearby is the prehistoric settlement and necropolis "Kozareva Mogila", and as the birthplace of the partisan poet Atanas Manchev, Kableshkovo is known for its anti-fascist activities and privileged attitude of the rulers during the socialist period. The report examines the practices established in the town of Kableshkovo, Burgas region for the preservation of cultural and historical heritage and settlement culture. Keywords: Cultural-Historical Heritage; Settlement Culture

About Protobulgarian Cross-Shaped Temples?

The article examines two buildings with a cross-shaped plan, located in Pliska. After the destroying of one of the buildings, the Great Basilica was built on its remains. The report includes all the opinions of researchers about the purpose of the cross-shaped building - a tomb from the early Byzantine period, a protobulgarian pagan temple, a mausoleum of the Bulgarian Khans, a church, a baptistery, a martyrium. Its construction history, superstructure, construction periods, facilities that are functionally related to it, its fate after the adoption of Christianity are examined. A church was built on the foundations of the second crossshaped building. Therefore, her researcher is of the opinion that it was a protobulgarian temple. Most archaeologists believe that only the buildings with a plan of inscribed quadrilaterals were protobulgarian pagan temples and in their works do not mention this building at all and do not comment on the possibility that it was a pagan temple. R. Рашев reminded us of this forgotten monument. Other archaeologists also believe that the two cross-shaped buildings were probably pagan temples and formed a new group of cross-shaped temples in addition to the group of temples with a plan consisting of inscribed quadrilaterals. Keywords: Protobulgarian Cross-Shaped Temples, Cross-Shaped Building, Pliska, Great Basilica, Church № 3

Project "Digital Cultural and Historical Heritage of Plovdiv Municipality" - Problems and Solutions?

The purpose of this article is to study and analyze the results of the project "Digital Cultural аnd Historical Heritage оf Plovdiv Municipality". A main part is the formulation of the problems during and after the project and the possible solutions. An important element of the study is the realization of a field expedition in the Roma neighbourhoods in Plovdiv and summarizing the results from it. All of this is a contribution to and experience in the field of digitization of cultural and historical heritage in the museums and galleries (following the example of Plovdiv Municipality). The basis of the study is the website www.digital.plovdiv.bg, the participants in the project and the specific field expedition. More than 50,000 movable cultural properties have been digitized. Part of the immovable properties of the city, as well as the intangible cultural heritage of the Roma are added to them. Keywords: Digitization, Cultural and Historical Heritage, Plovdiv, Museums, Roma, Field Expedition

Prepositional Adverbs

Adverbs are one of the most intriguing categories of language in terms of composition, morphological characteristics, syntactic function, origin, usage and others. When we look at the spelling and meanings closely, number of contradictions are found. The paper examines compound adverbs in Bulgarian grammar which are formed with particularly prepositional prefix such as "НА; ОТ; ДО". The examination was carried out according to five dictionaries of the Bulgarian language and based on 20 adverbs from the Official Spelling Bulgarian Dictionary (ОПРБЕ) additionally including other adverbs related to the final goal. Keywords: Adverbs, Composition, Compound Adverbs, Spelling, Usage

Visual Arts and Digital Technologies

With the advent and dissemination of digital technologies, devices and means in the middle of the twentieth century, dramatic changes occurred in all spheres of life. The data reporting environment is changing and the era of new media is approaching. Digital technologies and the global network have a fundamental impact on culture, traditions and art. In this context, in terms of visual art, digital technologies allow for the emergence of new artistic practices that take their place next to classical art activities. Leading the way is the idea that digital technology is not just a tool, but rather a creation process, thus focusing on the concept inspired by the digital context rather than on the means expressed. In modernity, visual art and scientific achievements live in harmony. Keywords: Digital Art; Art; Virtual Reality (VR); Technological Innovations; Net Art; Artificial Intelligence (AI); New Media Art

Extention of Creative Approaches Visual Artists by Augmented Reality (AR)

There are currently over 3.8 billion smartphone users in the world (Reference from 01.2021). Mobile technologies are becoming an integral part of our lives and this undoubtedly provides a large and diverse environment for the expression of artists from all fields. Mobile technology is changing the way we encounter art. They do it mobile and the term "on demand" is extended to "on the go". The works are becoming more diverse and innovative and every person with a smartphone is a potential user of art. Most modern smart devices are now able to provide Augmented Reality (AR) experiences. AR is already used by innovative brands in trade and marketing, but AR can, and is used, and will be used more and more in the art world. We will no longer associate the visual arts with just visiting art galleries or theater and concert halls. Technologies such as augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), mixed reality (MR) or generalize Extended Reality (XR) open up new creative possibilities for artists and new experiences for the audience. This not only gives new sensations to the audience, but also frees the art from the gallery, thus reaching a completely new audience. Keywords: Augmented Reality (AR), Interactive Art, Visual Art