Editing John the Baptist (section)

====Bulgaria====
In 2010, bones were discovered in the ruins of a Bulgarian church in the St. John the Forerunner Monastery (4th–17th centuries) on the [[Black Sea]] island of [[St. Ivan Island|Sveti Ivan]] (Saint John) and two years later, after DNA and radio carbon testing proved the bones belonged to a Middle Eastern man who lived in the 1st century AD, scientists said that the remains could conceivably have belonged to John the Baptist.<ref name=NG>{{cite magazine| title=John the Baptist's Bones Found?| author=Ker Than| magazine=National Geographic| url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/06/120618-john-the-baptist-bones-jesus-christ-bible-bulgaria-science-higham/| date=19 June 2012| access-date=19 September 2012| archive-date=27 July 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190727061044/https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/06/120618-john-the-baptist-bones-jesus-christ-bible-bulgaria-science-higham/| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>Moss, Candida. [http://candidamoss.com/national-geographic-search-for-the-head-of-john-the-baptist/ National Geographic: Search for the Head of John the Baptist.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140926150147/http://candidamoss.com/national-geographic-search-for-the-head-of-john-the-baptist/ |date=26 September 2014 }} 19 April 2014.</ref> The remains, found in a reliquarium, are presently kept in the Sts. Cyril and Methodius Cathedral in [[Sozopol]].<ref name=NG /><ref>[http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=132804 Old Town Sozopol – Bulgaria's 'Rescued' Miracle and Its Modern Day Saviors.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220907142850/https://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=132804 |date=7 September 2022 }} ''Sofia News Agency,'' 10 October 2011.</ref>