Today is LAZAROVDEN (St. Lazarus’ Day)

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Today is LAZAROVDEN (St. Lazarus’ Day)

4/11/2020 8:00:00 AM

Name day for everyone having the name of Lazar, Lazo, Lazarina, Lara.

Lazarovden (the day before Tsvetnisa-Vrubnitsa, Palm Sunday) - the Lazarovden (Lazarus Day) ceremonies, called "lazarouvane", are among the most popular Bulgarian traditional feasts.

The Saturday before Easter is a feast dedicated to youth and fertility - young girls, pastures, fields and woods. Lazarovden is an event in the life of every young girl, because then she could demonstrate to her village community the fact of her becoming a grown-up maiden. The girls would gather in groups of about ten at the house of the prettiest one and then start their going around the village singing and dancing their special "Lazar Day" tunes. The songs sung on the Lazar Day praise the beauty of the maiden and her beloved one, the industry of the farmer, the purity of maternal love, and they are associated with wishes for happiness and prosperity.

The Orthodox church connects that day to the resurrection of Lazarus (brother of Martha and Maria), whom Jesus raised from the dead. Lazarus, who lived for 30 years more, was an ardent follower of Christian faith and died as a bishop of the town of Ketonia (in Cyprus).

September 22nd - Independence Day

9/22/2020 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

9/17/2020 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)

9/14/2020 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

9/10/2020 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”)

9/8/2020 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

9/6/2020 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

9/1/2020 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)

8/29/2020 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

8/28/2020 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

8/27/2020 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.

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