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St. IVAN RILSKI (also known as St John of Rila)

8/18/2024 8:00:00 AM

St Ivan Rilski had lived in many places until he finally settled in the wonderful Rila Mountain where he founded a monastery that has been existing until now, for more than 1000 years. He made a lot of miracles and is honored today as the patron saint of Bulgaria.

BIRTH OF THE HOLY MOTHER (also known as “Nativity of the Theotokos”)

9/8/2024 8:00:00 AM

According to the traditional celebration of the birth of the Holy Mother, on the eve of the holiday the ones that are sick and ailing should make a votive oath.

Anniversary of the Unification of Bulgaria

9/6/2024 8:00:00 AM

The Unification of Bulgaria was the act of unification of the Principality of Bulgaria and the then-Ottoman province of Eastern Rumelia in the autumn of 1885.

St Simeon,s Day

9/1/2024 8:00:00 AM

Name day of everyone named Simeon, Simona or Marta (although Marta would rather celebrate on March 1).

SEKNOVENIE / EQUINOX (also known as Black Saint John)

8/29/2024 8:00:00 AM

People honor this day as the Equinox (meaning even day, i.e. the length of the day equals the length of the night).

Anniversary of the death of Tsar Boris III

8/28/2024 9:00:00 AM

Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria (January 30, 1894 - August 28, 1943), originally Boris Klemens Robert Maria Pius Ludwig Stanislaus Xaver, son of Ferdinand I, came to the throne in 1918 upon the abdication ...

On August 27 1885 Aleko Konstantinov organized a group of 300 people who climbed the Cherni Vrah peak

8/27/2024 10:42:00 AM

Aleko Konstantinov - Keen tourist and founder of the tourism movement in Bulgaria – on August 27 1885 he organized a group of 300 people who climbed the Cherni Vrah peak 2290m (near Sofia), giving rise to the mass tourist organization.