The Way of Hope for Young Catholics – Zarevbrod 2024
From 14 to 16 June, the Bulgarian National Youth Congress was held in the monastery of our sisters
19/06/2024
Zarevbrod in Bulgaria
In 1914, Sisters began in Bulgaria to aid the German settlers by education. Later under the Communist regime the sisters served in the adjoining psychiatric hospital. Today the sisters do pastoral and catechical ministries.
ADDRESS : ul. Prof. Ivan Ivanov Nr. 2 / BG-9747 Zarevbrod, Schumensko, BULGARIA
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Latest Zarevbrod news
New Missionary in Bulgaria
On February 13, Sr. Juliana Malila from Peramiho Priory arrived as new missionary in Bulgaria. She was welcomed
15/02/2024
Thanksgiving Mass in Sekirovo
Soon Sr. Angela Park will leave Sekirovo to join the community in Zarevbrod.For this occasion the parish had
28/01/2024
ABOUT
On January 10, 1914, four sisters were sent to Endjé, later called Zarevbrod. In the German emigrants community they were to take over school teaching, pastoral care and service to the sick.
In 1948 all but two German sisters left the Communist Peoples’ Republic to return to Germany after their work had become more and more limited. The other two remained with the Bulgarian sisters. They lived and worked in a home for mentally challenged people.
In 1990, after the end of the communist regime, the sisters won back their freedom and new missionaries joined the brave community once again. They devote themselves mainly to the predominantly poor population.
Freed from the Turkish Regime in 1878, the Bulgarian King Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg invited German farmers and tillers to come and teach the Bulgarians farming methods. Some farmers settled in Endje, presently Zarevbrod. Together with them was a German Passionist priest Father Franz Krings. In 1910 he built a church. Conscious of the need of teaching Christian catechism to the German children, Fr. Krings asked from the Motherhouse of Tutzing for sisters to help him.
Thus, four German Sisters came on January 14, 1914 and in a makeshift classroom, they started teaching the children and youth, preparing them for First Communion. One Sister was engaged in the health apostolate, another in sewing and embroidery of church linens and vestments.
The production of the skin ointment from marigold flowers and oil from lily flowers, popular in Bulgaria and abroad, because of its effectiveness, was popularized by our German sisters. Aside from the ointments, they also prescribed herbal plants for healing.
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Summer Camp in Zarevbrod
10/07/2023
During summer holidays, the sisters invite children from Zarevbrod and other near-by villages to spend days together, to play, pray and enjoy the beautiful nature.
Community Days in Bulgaria
10/07/2023
From June 26 – 27, the sisters in Bulgaria of the two communities of Zarevbrod and Sekirovo met for community days accompanied by Sr. Mechthild
Zarevbrod Parish celebrates Mass in Nature
15/05/2023
On Sunday May 14, the parish of Zarevbrod celebrated its Holy Mass on the plateau of Shumen. The lay faithful, sisters and Fr. Michael enjoyed
Blessing of Convent in / Bulgaria
19/09/2022
After many years of reconstruction the convent building in Zarevbrod could be blessed on September 17. Holy Mass was celebrated in the garden presided by
Summer camp – Bulgaria
04/09/2022
Our summer camp this year started with a 5 day music program conducted by Sr. Franziska Lehmann from Tutzing Priory. The music program was to
HANGING OUT WITH THE SENIORS – BULGARIA
01/07/2022
On the 25th of June, Sr. Angela, Sr. Ludwig and Sr. Tecla joined the Elderly Women Club of Zarev Brod for an excursion to the