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Dog Days
7/15/2023 9:00:00 AM
The Orthodox Church commemorates on July 15, 16, and 17 the Saint Martyrs Kirik and Julita, Atinogen and Marina. They are considered to be the hottest summer days in Bulgaria and are known as Goreshtnitsi or the Dog Days. They are related to a number of bans for work on the field and at home. During the three days called Goreshtnitsi, no one comes out in the field to work, or harvests, or thrashes, or mows, or washes, or bakes bread, or cooks, or sews because old beliefs warn that fire will come down from the sky to set the sheaves ablaze. Legend has it that whoever pays no respect to these fiery holidays will end up with his house destroyed by fire. The people also predict the weather for the coming - if hot and sunny in the three days, then the winter days in January and March will be warm, with no snowstorms and blizzards. According to the legend if a man washes in hot mineral springs during the Dog Days he will be healthy in the year to come. In by-gone times, on the third day of the Goreshtnitsi, called St. Marina of Fire, households should renew the fire in the hearth. The fire in the fireplace is put out and a new one is made in a ritual way – by rubbing two sticks against each other. Housewives take some of the new fire, also called “living fire”, to their home. This ritual is said to symbolize the renewal of life, a fresh new cycle of life.
Today is ZADOUSHNITZA (All Souls’ Day)
2/18/2017 11:00:00 AM
ZADOUSHNITZA (All Souls’ Day):
Какво да видим на феста НОЩ/Пловдив
9/23/2016 9:00:00 AM
Културното събитие стартира този петък
Канят ни на "Вино и гурме"
5/12/2016 2:20:00 PM
Фестивалът "Вино и гурме", запазена марка на община Пловдив, стартира през уикенда. Според ценители това е едно от най-значимите събития, свързани с винен туризъм не само в Пловдив, но и в страната.
Bulgarian joins again the Literature Night initiative
5/11/2016 11:00:00 AM
Today Bulgaria takes part again in the European Literature Night initiative.
Hristo Stoichkov turns 50!
2/8/2016 9:00:00 AM
The Bulgarian football star Hristo Stoichkov turns 50!
Herbal Fair opens in Plovdiv
11/6/2015 3:14:21 PM
A Fair of Bulgarian medicinal herbs opens today in the Agrarian University in the city of Plovdiv
AGRA 2015 opens today
3/4/2015 11:16:00 AM
he 24rd edition of the International Agricultural Exhibition AGRA will be held from 4 – 8 March 2015.
"Young Wine Parade" in Plovdiv
11/28/2014 10:00:00 AM
The event is taking place in the Old Town today and tomorrow.
Plovdiv marks European Bat Night
9/30/2014 2:52:08 PM
The European Bat Night will be marked tonight at King Simeon gardens in Plovdiv.
70th edition of Plovdiv Technical Fair opens
9/29/2014 2:00:00 PM
The 70th edition of the International Autumn Technical Fair opened in Bulgaria’s second largest city Plovdiv.
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