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EASTER SUNDAY

EASTER SUNDAY

4/19/2020 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.
Today is ATANASOVDEN (St. Athanasius Day)
Today is ATANASOVDEN (St. Athanasius Day)
1/18/2021 8:00:00 AM
Name day of everyone named Atanas, Atanaska, Nasso, Nacho, Tinka, Nasya, Totka.
Today is ANTONOVDEN (St. Anthony`s Day)
Today is ANTONOVDEN (St. Anthony`s Day)
1/17/2021 9:00:00 AM
Name day of everyone named Anton (meaning priceless in Latin), Antonia, Antoanneta, Antoan, Andon, Doncho, Donka, Donna, Donny, Donyo, Tonyo, Tony.
YUZHNITSI - VERIZHNITSI FEASTDAY
YUZHNITSI - VERIZHNITSI FEASTDAY
1/16/2021 9:00:00 AM
That Feast Day is the first one of the group “Antonovden & Atanassovden” (in the period Jan.16-18) and acts as preparation to the next two larger holidays.
ST.TATIANA
ST.TATIANA
1/12/2021 9:00:00 AM
Name day of everyone named Tatiana or Tanya (coming from Latin with the meaning "the one who arranges").
BABINDEN (OLD MIDWIVES' DAY)
BABINDEN (OLD MIDWIVES' DAY)
1/8/2021 9:00:00 AM
The legend has it that the Egyptian king ordered the old women, who were maternity nurses, to kill all newborn Jewish boys. The old women did not submit to that order because they were afraid of
Today is IVANOVDEN (St. Johns Day)
1/7/2021 9:00:00 AM
Name day of everyone named Ivan, Vanyo, Vanya, Yoan/Ioan, Yoanna/Ioanna, Yonko/Yonka, Yoto, Ivaylo, Ivo, Ivona, Kaloyan, Jan/Jean, and Janna whose...
Today is BOGOYAVLENIE / YORDANOVDEN (Epiphany)
Today is BOGOYAVLENIE / YORDANOVDEN (Epiphany)
1/6/2021 9:00:00 AM
Name day of everyone named Yordan/ka (named after the holy river of Jordan), Yonko/a, Daniel/a, Bozhan/a, Bozhil, Boyan/a, Bogdan/a and Bozhidar/a(both meaning "God's gift"), Bogolyub/a, Boncho, Bonka, Bogomil/a (meaning "Dear to God"), Bistra.
The first BG General - General Major Sava Moutkourov, was born on that day in 1852
The first BG General - General Major Sava Moutkourov, was born on that day in 1852
1/4/2021 10:00:00 AM
Colonel Sava Moutkourov, later promoted to General, was an active participant in the Unification (1885), in the Serbian-Bulgarian War (1885), he supported Stefan Sta...
January 2 is SYLVESTROVDEN (St. Sylvester Day)
January 2 is SYLVESTROVDEN (St. Sylvester Day)
1/2/2021 9:00:00 AM
Name day of everyone named Sylvia, Sylester, Goran, Goritsa
Today is VASSILYOVDEN (aka. St. Vasilij or St. Basil, the Great)
Today is VASSILYOVDEN (aka. St. Vasilij or St. Basil, the Great)
1/1/2021 9:30:00 AM
Name day of everyone named Vassil, Vassilka, Vassilena, Vesselina, Vesselin, Vessela, Vessie, Veska, Vulko (the name"Vassiliy" in Greek has the meaning of "regal").