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The artist Boris Donev is among the best-known and most established Bulgarian icon painters. His icons can be found in private collections, churches, galleries, and public buildings in Bulgaria, the United States, England, Greece, Romania, and many other countries.

In 2004, he took an examination in ecclesiastical painting before the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, thereby acquiring the right to paint icons recognized by the canon and to decorate churches.

Boris Donev has been commissioned to create the murals at the entrance to the Athonite monastery and to participate in the restoration of Zograf Monastery on Mount Athos. He is the first icon painter to paint there after Zahari Zograf and Dimitar Mолеров Zograf.

The artist has participated in painting more than 20 religious sites—monasteries, churches, and chapels. These include the Convent in Samokov, Troyan Monastery, St. George Monastery in Plovdiv, Belashitsa village, St. Anne Chapel in the Maksi residential complex in Sofia's Hladilnika district, St. George Chapel in Tsarsko Selo in Sofia, as well as churches in Ognyanovo, Bansko, and Gotse Delchev.

Icons by Boris Donev have been presented to Pope John Paul II, while President Petar Stoyanov brought one of his icons as a gift when he met Bill Clinton in the United States.

You can read more about Boris Donev's artistic journey in the article "The Icon Painter Boris Donev and Why Faith Is Alive" by Emily Karakoleva: https://bit.ly/4aVeppO

Proven team: Boris Donev's team consists of 7 professional icon painters who create icons of the highest quality in accordance with the Orthodox canon.

Certificate from the Holy Synod: A certificate from the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Patriarchate guarantees the artist's high level of mastery and qualification to paint icons and decorate Orthodox churches.

Certificate of quality: The icons are handcrafted by proven professionals to the highest standard. For each painted icon, you receive a certificate affixed to the back, guaranteeing its professional handcraftsmanship, including the artist's name, title, origin, and date.