
Early Life in Varna, Bulgaria
Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov was born in the village of Serbtzi, Macedonia on 31 January 1900 and later lived in Varna, Bulgaria. His youth was marked by many difficulties: the early death of his father, extreme poverty, constant social unrest and war were for him opportunities to develop his willpower, his consciousness and his spiritual life, as well as his desire to be useful to all humankind.

Peter Deunov, his initiatory name Beïnça Douno, born July 11, 1864 in Bulgaria, near Varna.
After high school, he enrolled in 1883 at the theology department of the American Methodist school of Svichetov, where he is preparing to become a pastor and evangelical missionary.
Read more: Biography of the Master Beïnça Douno (Peter Deunov)