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Back to school

9/15/2023 9:00:00 AM
The new school year was opened in all Bulgarian schools on September 15. There are nearly 756 thousand pupils in Bulgaria, of whom nearly 64 thousand first graders. The number of the Bulgarian teachers amounts to over 127 thousand. The schools, including the private ones, are 2,614. Free textbooks worth EUR 10 million were provided for the state schools for students from 1st to 7th grade. All day education is provided for all students from 1st to 4th grade. Some Bulgarian Universities also gave the start of their academic year on September 15.































































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September 22nd - Independence Day
September 22nd - Independence Day
9/22/2023 9:00:00 AM
September 22nd, 1908, Bulgarian Knjaz Ferdinand declared the Independence of Bulgaria in the former capital of Bulgaria.
VYARA, NADEZHDA and LYUBOV (Faith, Hope and Love) and their mother SOPHIA
VYARA, NADEZHDA and LYUBOV (Faith, Hope and Love) and their mother SOPHIA
9/17/2023 8:00:00 AM
Name day of everyone named Vyara, Vera, Veronika, Nadezhda, Nadya, Lyuben, Lyubomir, Lyuba, Sophia, Sofka, Sevda.
KRUSTOVDEN (The Holy Cross Day)
KRUSTOVDEN (The Holy Cross Day)
9/14/2023 8:00:00 AM
Name day of everyone named Krustina, Krustyo, Krustan, Kancho, Stavri.
Anniversary in our history: in 924 AD the BG Tsar Simeon I the Great and the Byzantine Emperor Romanos I Lekapenos agreed on a temporary peace
Anniversary in our history: in 924 AD the BG Tsar Simeon I the Great and the Byzantine Emperor Romanos I Lekapenos agreed on a temporary peace
9/10/2023 8:00:00 AM
In 924 AD the BG Tsar Simeon I the Great and the Byzantine Emperor Romanos I Lekapenos agreed on a temporary peace ouside the walls of Constantinople.
BIRTH OF THE HOLY MOTHER (also known as “Nativity of the Theotokos”)
BIRTH OF THE HOLY MOTHER (also known as “Nativity of the Theotokos”)
9/8/2023 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
Anniversary of the Unification of Bulgaria
9/6/2023 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
St Simeon,s Day
9/1/2023 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)
SEKNOVENIE / EQUINOX (also known as Black Saint John)
8/29/2023 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
Anniversary of the death of Tsar Boris III
8/28/2023 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
On August 27 1885 Aleko Konstantinov organized a group of 300 people who climbed the Cherni Vrah peak
8/27/2023 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.