Prof. Raya Zaimova, Dr. habil. was recently awarded three honorary diplomas: for her generous donations of scholarly literature to support researchers from the Institute for Bulgarian Language "Prof. Lyubomir Andreychin", for donation of books from the personal library of Prof. Vasilka Tapkova-Zaimova to the Center for Slavonic-Byzantine Studies "Prof. Ivan Dujchev" at the Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", as well as for promoting cultural and historical heritage, and the activities of the Regional History Museum in the city of Blagoevgrad.