For the first time since its foundation in the 15th century, Dragor has a church, it was consecrated by grandfather Nikolaytranslated

For the first time, since its foundation in the fifteenth century, the Pazardzhik village of Dragor has an Orthodox church. The day of his consecration was not chosen by chance – Philipp's Day is immediately before the Christmas fasts starting tomorrow, with which Orthodox believers will testify their respect and love for God.

History indicates that the settlement was founded shortly after the Turkish invasion of the Bulgarian lands and its first settlers were Muslims. It was first mentioned in a Western European travelogue from 1553 under the name Melikadonovo, and in later Turkish records we find it marked as Melekhatun.

Tradition indicates that the name Melikadonovo is Turkish and derives from the fact that the Kadans from the nearby Bey Sarai, which was located on the land of the village of Saraya, came to bathe in Topolnitsa at the place where the village of Dragor was founded.

The name Dragor was given in 1934, when the Turkish names of the villages in the country were massively changed to Bulgarian, and 532 people live in Dragor. It is not known exactly when Bulgarians came among the Turkish and Tatar population, but it is known that the first ones who did so were from two families - Mitkovci and Latins.

A bishop also comes from the second family...