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EASTER SUNDAY

4/24/2022 8:00:00 AM

This great feast is also known as Veliden, Vliden, Vazkresenie Hristovo. The Sunday after the first springtime full moon; one of the greatest springtime holidays, lasting for three days. Its place in the calendar coincides with the rebirth and flowering of Nature, with the triumph of Sun and of Life.

Celebrated by the Church as a day of the Resurrection of Church, in the folk tradition Velikden is associated with a multitude of pre-Christian conceptions. The morning on the first holiday (always a Sunday) all go to a solemn church service. The candle from church is taken back home.

Easter is a Christian holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead on the Sunday after his crucifixion on Good Friday and marking the end of Lent. Easter is the holiest day in the Christian calendar, followed by Christmas and is recognized as a legal holiday in most countries.

December 8th - the Day University Students celebrate as their feastday

12/8/2022 8:00:00 AM

The start of that special feast goes back to the 1920, and is connected to the then-only BG University - the Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski.

216 years of the first early Bulgarian printed book

12/7/2022 8:00:00 AM

In 1806 the first early Bulgarian book Nedelnik (Kiriakodromion) written by Sofronii of Vratsa was printed.

NIKULDEN (St. Nicholas the Wonderworker)

12/6/2022 8:00:00 AM

Name day for everyone named Nikola, Nikolay, Kolyo, Nikolina, Neno, Nenka, Nikolina, Nina.

ST. SAVA (also: St. Savva or St. Sabbas the Sanctified)

12/5/2022 8:00:00 AM

Name day of everyone named Sava, Slavka, Slav, Vladislav, Slavi.

ST. VARVARA (St. Barbara) - December 4

12/4/2022 8:00:00 AM

Name day of everyone named Varvara, Barbara.

World AIDS Day

12/1/2022 9:00:00 AM

The ends of the red ribbon are pointed to the ground today, symbolizing the life that is disappearing.

Today is St.Andrews Day

11/30/2022 8:00:00 AM

Name day of everyone named Andrey, Andriana (the name has the meaning “masculine”, therefore “strong”).

KATERININDEN (St. Catherines Day)

11/24/2022 10:00:00 AM

Name day of everyone named Ekaterina, Katerina, Katya.

ST. ALEXANDER NEVSKI

11/23/2022 8:00:00 AM

Name day of everyone named Alexander, Alexandra, Sasho, Sashka, Tsanko. The name derives from Old Greek, having the meaning of “protector of the men”.

Entry into the Temple of the Most Holy God's Mother

11/21/2022 8:00:00 AM

The Entry into the Temple of the Most Holy God's Mother, according to Holy Tradition, this took place in the following manner: the parents of the Virgin Mary, Righteous Joachim and Anna, praying for an end to their childlessness, vowed that if a child were born to them, they would dedicate it to the service of God.

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