Bibliata.com Celebrates 30 years in Ministry

Bibliata.com CELEBRATES 30 YEARS OF MINISTRY

The history of our oldest website, known as the Bibliata.com project, began in 1996, when we received a vision to build the first Bulgarian Bible on the Internet. The website officially marks three decades of uninterrupted online presence and spiritual enlightenment for Bulgarians at home and abroad. Today, in addition to the digital text of Holy Scripture, the site maintains sections on Protestant history, Biblical leadership, pastoral fellowship, prayer requests, as well as a special interactive portal featuring Bible stories for children.

This long ongoing project was developed under the leadership of Cup & Cross Ministries and over the years has grown from a digital library into a large-scale Christian web community. More than 300 documented Biblical projects have been completed and released. Some of the most significant include:

1. A new literal translation of the New Testament, which our ministry produced in 2017
2. An interlinear New Testament with translation and textual apparatus published (2007-17)
3. Two complete published revisions of the Bulgarian Protestant Bible (2012 and 2022)
4. More than 30 active popular Christian websites in Bulgarian in a web ministry network
5. More than 50 free biblical software products in Bulgarian, also available for mobile devices
6. To date, the only Christian video-sharing website in Bulgarian – Bibliata.TV, with over 90,000 sermons, teachings and worship, now also featuring live television broadcasts

Chronology and Key Milestones in Bibliata.com’s 30-year history include:

1996-99 – Digitalization and uploading of the Bulgarian Biblical text to the Internet is completed for Bulgarian-speaking believers around the world.

1998 – Published the first “Computer Bible” (version 0.2) followed by “Bulgarian Bible 2000” 2001 – The first online Bulgarian Bible concordance (version 5.0).

2002 – Online “Bulgarian Bible Dictionary” and the first Audio Bible (version 6.5).
2003 – First WAP Bible for mobile phones and multimedia expansion with Bibliata.TV launched.

2005 – Versions for Linux, Windows CE, and Palm OS; SMS Bible; children’s PDF Bible

2006–07 – Radio.Bibliata.com, Bible tours in Bulgaria and the United States, first Video (DVD) 2009 – Online worship services: The platform became established as a central portal for daily live worship services from churches in Sofia, Chicago, Atlanta, Haskovo, and other cities.
2010–2013 – Applications for Android, iOS, and Kindle; the New Testament translations; 2015–2019 – Bibliata.TV 2.0, mobile version Bibliata.mobi, Greek-Bulgarian interlinear

2020–2021 – New applications (Bibliata.com, Bibliata.NEWS) and a national celebration of the 150 anniversary of the Bible in Bulgarian

2022–2023 – Children’s Bible 10.0, new Bible dictionaries, Audio Bible 5.0 (new recording)

2024–2025 – Multilingual New Testaments (Bulgarian-English, Italian, Spanish, German, French) 2026 – Officially announced anniversary celebration: “Bibliata.com CELEBRATES 30 YEARS OF MINISTRY,” with new projects and special materials on the blog and Bibliata.TV