Pictured is a Bulgarian beggar, 99-year-old Dobri Dobrev, sometimes called the “Saint of Baylovo” or “the Saint of Bulgaria.”
He’s seen some rough roads in his 99 years–he lost most of his hearing in World War II when a shell exploded near him in the bombings of Sofia.
Every day, the old man walks up to 25 kilometers begging for alms, which go to the poor or to maintenance of Orthodox churches, monasteries and orphanages. Over the years the saintly one pretty much withdrew from the material world to devote himself to his spiritual life and ways. He donated all his belongings to his church and now lives in a small extension to the church in his native village of Baylovo.
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