Plovdiv metropolitan bishop Nikolay is holding a solemn mass Tuesday morning in veneration of the newly cannonized victims of the Batak Massacre in 1876. The service, set to include 30 Orthodox ...

MacGahan's vivid dispatches from Bulgaria, detailing the Batak atrocities, helped mobilize world opinion to stop the slaughter. These dispatches earned him the title "Liberator of Bulgaria." ...