On the dating of "Hagia Sophia" chirch in Ohrid
When reading the books of Assen Chilingirov, the Bulgarian reader involuntarily asks himself the question: What History of Bulgaria did we learn in school and does it have anything to do with the true history of our lands? The professor from the University of Leipzig and the Humboldt University in Berlin puts the history of Southeast Europe and specifically the early history of Bulgaria in a completely new light. Church struggles from the 4th-5th-6th-7th centuries, closely related to the political history of these lands. Byzantine emperors of Thracian origin, Justiniana Prima, Goths, who are actually Getae, Slavs, Thracians, Bulgarians – peoples of the same origin, etc. are just some of the most interesting topics covered in the professor’s scientific and art-historical research. Of course, the key word here is Continuity. Continuity of the population in our lands from the 1st-2nd-3rd-4th-5th-6th-7th-8th-9th-10th centuries, etc. Accustomed to think free in free Germany, the pro...