{"id":1370,"date":"2020-06-18T23:01:39","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T20:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.dvoretz-vrana.bg\/?page_id=1370"},"modified":"2023-02-15T08:39:28","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T06:39:28","slug":"nickolay-chergarov","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dev.dvoretz-vrana.bg\/en\/fund\/fund-authorities-management-bodies-team\/nickolay-chergarov\/","title":{"rendered":"Nickolay Chergarov"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Nickolay Chergarov<\/strong> (born in 1974, in the town of Pazardzhik). He graduated from the National Academy of Arts in Sofia, majoring in Conservation and Restoration with a Master&#8217;s degree in Restoring (1998).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is a member of the Union of Bulgarian Artists, in the Restoration section, a member of the Association of Restorers in Bulgaria, and the Bulgarian National Committee of the International Council of Cultural Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Entered the register of persons licensed to carry out restoring and conservation activities kept at the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Bulgaria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He works and specializes in the field of conservation and restoring of movable and immovable cultural monuments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He took part in a range of projects for the restoring of churches and monasteries of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church and works of art, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Restoration and complete gilding of the central iconostasis of the Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Nedelya in Sofia (1995);<\/li><li>Restoration and mural decoration of the Church of St. George the Victory-Bearer in the village of Katunitsa (1996);<\/li><li>Restoration of the mural paintings of the Church of the Assumption of the Holy Mother of God, in the village of Harlets, Kozloduy municipality (1998);<\/li><li>Complete restoration of the church decoration and partial gilding of the iconostasis in the Church of St. Nickolay Miracle-Worker, in the town of Elin Pelin (1998);<\/li><li>Painting of mural decorations in the chapels of St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki, and St. Athanasius the Great in Sofia (1997, 1998);<\/li><li>Painting of the full mural decoration program and the icons of the Church of St. George the Victory-Bearer and its adjoining chapel of St. Nickolay of Sofia in the town of Pazardzhik (2003-2006);<\/li><li>Painting of the complete decoration of the chapel of the Holy Mother of God in the village of Oborishte (2020); and several others.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>On completing a training course in the technique of making and restoring artificial marble\u2013 scagliola in Italy (2012), he is one of the few Bulgarians who mastered this authentic technique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Member of the Board of Trustees of King Boris and Queen Ioanna Royal Heritage Fund and head of the restoration team since its establishment in 2010;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Holder of the Pro Merito Melitensi Cross of the Sovereign Military Order of St. Ioan of Jerusalem, Rhodes, and Malta (Diploma of the Grand Master, 2018).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Restoration of a bust of H.M. King Boris III, done by Nickolay Chergarov<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"rl-gallery-container rl-loading\" id=\"rl-gallery-container-1\" data-gallery_id=\"688\"> <div class=\"rl-gallery rl-basicmasonry-gallery \" id=\"rl-gallery-1\" data-gallery_no=\"1\"> <div class=\"rl-gutter-sizer\"><\/div><div class=\"rl-grid-sizer\"><\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item rl-gallery-item-width-4\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.dvoretz-vrana.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/restavracia-biust-car-boris-01-415x800-1.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dev.dvoretz-vrana.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/restavracia-biust-car-boris-01-415x800-1-250x250.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.dvoretz-vrana.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/restavracia-biust-car-boris-02-407x800-1.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dev.dvoretz-vrana.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/restavracia-biust-car-boris-02-407x800-1-250x250.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.dvoretz-vrana.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/restavracia-biust-car-boris-03-448x800-1.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dev.dvoretz-vrana.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/restavracia-biust-car-boris-03-448x800-1-250x250.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.dvoretz-vrana.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/restavracia-biust-car-boris-04-428x800-1.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dev.dvoretz-vrana.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/restavracia-biust-car-boris-04-428x800-1-250x250.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.dvoretz-vrana.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/restavracia-biust-car-boris-05-362x800-1.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dev.dvoretz-vrana.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/restavracia-biust-car-boris-05-362x800-1-250x250.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.dvoretz-vrana.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/restavracia-biust-car-boris-06-429x800-1.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dev.dvoretz-vrana.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/restavracia-biust-car-boris-06-429x800-1-250x250.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nickolay Chergarov (born in 1974, in the town of Pazardzhik). He graduated from the National Academy of Arts in Sofia, majoring in Conservation and Restoration with a Master&#8217;s degree in Restoring (1998). He is a member of the Union of Bulgarian Artists, in the Restoration section, a member of the Association of Restorers in Bulgaria, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1036,"parent":1253,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.dvoretz-vrana.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1370"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.dvoretz-vrana.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.dvoretz-vrana.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.dvoretz-vrana.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.dvoretz-vrana.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1370"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dev.dvoretz-vrana.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1372,"href":"https:\/\/dev.dvoretz-vrana.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1370\/revisions\/1372"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.dvoretz-vrana.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1253"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.dvoretz-vrana.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.dvoretz-vrana.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}