1945 - present
On
January 1, 1945, a meeting of The White Brotherhood held in Sofia elected
a Temporary Council of the White Brotherhood. The Council included the
following members: Todor Stoimenov, Boyan Boev, Simeon Simeonov, Pasha
Todorova, Boris Nikolov, Nikola Antov and Zhecho Panaiotov.
On August 10, 1945, the White Brotherhood leaders from across Bulgaria met in Sofia and elected The Brotherhood Council. The Brotherhood Council consisted of the same people who were on board of the Temporary Council. At the same meeting, The Supreme Brotherhood Council, consisting of all the group leaders, was constituted.
In October 1945, the printing house "Wheat Grain" was established in Izgreva. It was managed by Nikola Antonov, with Nedelcho Popov as technical consultant. From 1945 to 1951, fifty-one volumes of unpublished lectures by The Master were printed there.
On December 31, 1945, The Academy for Brotherhood Life was established in Izgreva. The perennial camp meetings were still being held at the Seven Rila lakes in August.
From 1945 to 1990, Dr. Fillip Stoitsev from Plovdiv used to work with The Master's music making several orchestrations of it. In 1972, he made an underground record of The Paneurhythmy.
In 1947, Metodi Konstantinov, Boyan Boev, Maria Todorova and Boris Nikolov published the book "The Master". The French translation of this book appeared in 1958 in Paris.
In 1948, Maria Todorova and Kiril Iconomov published the book "Songs by The Master".
On January 23, 1948, the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs recognized The White Brotherhood as a "religious community." This recognition was turned void on October 20, 1956 by the Communist Party leadership.
On June 3, 1948, the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs nationalized the lot in Izgreva on which The Prayer Hall and The Place stood. Presently, this lot is owned by the Russian embassy.
On April 26, 1949, the statute of the White Brotherhood was written in Aitos, in full compliance with the Law of the Religious Communities. However, the Bulgarian Council of Ministers did not endorse it.
At the end of 1949, The White Brotherhood in Bulgaria consisted of cells from towns and villages all across Bulgaria: in Varna, leader Velko Petroushev; in Rousse, leader Nikola Vatev; in Bourgas, leader Ivan Boichev; in Veliko Turnovo, leader Stamat Todorov; in Yambol, leader Kanio Hristov; in Sevlievo, leader Stefan Toshev; in Stara Zagora, leader Panaiot Kovachev; in Plovdiv, leader Mikhail Stoitsev; in Kazanlak, leader Petar Kambourov; in Sliven, leader Ivan Kalkandjiev; in Elhovo, leader Zhelyo Matev; in Shoumen, leader Gergina Zhekova; in Aitos, leader Georgi Kourtev; in Petrich, leader Mircho Fillipov; in Targoviste, leader Vassil Harizanov; in Haskovo, leader Nedialka Andreeva; in Troyan, leader Dimitar Stanev; in Gabrovo, leader Penko Penkov; in Lom, leader Maria Krasteva; in Oriahovo, leader Mikhail Kraev; in Nova Zagora, leader Georgi Petrov.
On March 13, 1950 the printing house "Wheat Grain" was nationalized under the law for book publishing.
From 1951 to 1961, Elena Andreeva made an underground
transcript from a shorthand of various unpublished lectures by The Master
and typed them in four copies. She hid the shorthand in four different
places.
On October 22, 1952, Todor Stoimenov came to the end of his way on earth.
On December 6, 1957, the Prosecutor General ordered the
confiscation of all the books containing The Master's Word from Izgreva.
On August 8, 1958, the Sofia Municipal Council nationalized the whole land
owned by the villagers of Izgreva.
On May 19, 1959, the City Court of Sofia prosecuted Boris Nikolov and Zhecho Panaiotov and sentenced them in a frame-up suit to 15 years and 8 years prison, respectively.
On July 23, 1963, Boyan Boev came to the end of his days on earth.
On July 29, 1970, digging machines were brought out to demolish the village of Izgreva.
In the 1970s, the traditional meetings of the White Brotherhood were re-established, with one held on July 12, 1970 in Aitos.
In 1972, the book "World Astrosociology" by Metody Konstantinov (1902-1979) was published in French in Paris.
In 1973, Ernestina Staleva published "The Royal Path of the Soul" in the US.
In 1979, Viola Bowman published The Paneurhythmy in the US.
In 1982, Hkristina Milcheva-Slavjanska published her book "Weizenkorn" (Wheat grain) in German in Munich.
In 1984, Iarmila Mentzlova published her book "La Paneurhythmie. Le psychisme humain en Union avec l'Harmonie Universelle" in French.
In 1990, Hkristina Milcheva-Slavjanska published her book "The Grain of Wheat" in England.
On November 7, 1990, the Bulgarian Council of Ministers endorsed the statute of the Society "Universal White Brotherhood." On May 26, 1995, the statute of the Society "White Brotherhood" with headquarters in Sofia was endorsed, in agreement with the law of the religious beliefs.
On May 27, 1990, a study of The Paneurhythmy was initiated by a team of white brothers in Sofia.
In 1991, the Education Council of the Society "White Brotherhood" resumed the publishing of the "Wheat Grain" magazine.
In 1991, "The New Culture in the Age of Aquarius" by Metody Konstantinov and Hristo Madjharov was published in Varna.
On December 22, 1991, Boris Nikolov came to the end of his days on earth.
In 1992, Milka Kraleva and Krali Kralev founded the publishing house "Power and Life" in Bourgas and began publishing a magazine by the same title.
In 1993, Dr. Vergiliy Krastev founded the publishing house "Wheat Ear" in Sofia. He published documents on the history of the White Brotherhood in Bulgaria.
Since 1993, the perennial May Youth Meetings of the White Brotherhood were being held near Madara.
In 1994, Alexandra Oreshkova and Vesselin Oreshkov established the Pedagogic House "Paneurhythmy" in Troyan.
In 1995, a number of lots were bought by white brothers near the village of Bistritsa, in the district of Sofia, for the rebuilding of the White Brotherhood village that will be called "Nov Izgrev" ("New Sunrise").
In 1995 and 1996 respectively, the Publishing House "White Brotherhood" and the Educational Center "Izgrev" were established in Sofia.
In August 1997, Antoaneta Krushevska and Ernestina Staleva
created in the US a web-page dedicated to The Master Beinsa Douno.