Rev. Dony K. Donev, D. Min. “When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.” 2 Timothy 1:5 My Grandma, Todorka Mindova, was one of the first Sunday school teachers in the Bulgarian […]

Ivan Efimovich Voronaev (1886–1943?), the most prominent Pentecostal pioneer in Eastern Europe and communist Russia. Read more

Dony K. Donev, D.Min., is a Pentecostal theologian, historian, and minister associated with institutions like the Pentecostal Theological Seminary and Lee University, where he has taught classes such as Intro to Digital Discipleship. His work focuses on Pentecostal history, leadership, primitivism, and practical theology, often drawing from Bulgarian Protestant contexts and global Pentecostalism. Below, I […]

Parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held in Bulgaria on 19 April 2026 following the resignation of the Zhelyazkov government on 11 December 2025 caused by a series of protests. This will be the country’s seventh snap election since 2021 as a result of the political crisis affecting the country.

Western journalism, even in the days before the pastors’ trial, widely covered the event in the reactionary press, making an unsuccessful attempt to present it as a campaign against churches and religion in a socialist country. The trial was attended by representatives of the American and British legations in Sofia, the agencies “United Press”, “Reuters”, […]