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Saint Nikola Barbulov of Novo Selo

Priest and martyr
Novo Selo, Apriltsi, Bulgaria · 19th century
Feast day: May 9

Published composite showing Holy Trinity Monastery church and the collective icon of the Novo Selo martyrs; individual figure positions are not identified. Image source: Sofia Metropolitanate; account credited to Lovech Metropolitanate.

A life of faith

Nikola Barbulov was a priest and teacher at Novo Selo. He studied in Bessarabia and taught many pupils. The Church remembers him among the martyrs connected with Holy Trinity Monastery who died on May 9, 1876. The Bulgarian Orthodox Church canonized the Novo Selo martyrs in 2011.

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