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MEETING OF THE LORD

2/2/2023 9:00:00 AM

The Feast of the Meeting of the Lord is among the most ancient feasts of the Christian Church. Forty days after His birth, the God-Infant was taken to the Jerusalem Temple, the center of the nation`s religious life. According to the Law of Moses, a woman who gave birth to a male child was forbidden to enter the Temple of God for forty days. At the end of this time the mother came to the Temple with the child, to offer a young lamb or pigeon to the Lord as a purification sacrifice.

HOLY WEEK before Easter

4/10/2023 8:00:00 AM

Holy Week is the last week of Lent, the week immediately preceding Easter Sunday.

TSVETNITSA - VRUBNITSA (Palm Sunday)

4/9/2023 9:00:00 AM

Name day of everyone named after a flower, bush or tree (Tsvetelina, Lilia, Yavor, Yassen, Roza, Iglika, Violeta, Varban, Latinka, Temenuga, Karamfila, Zdravko, Kamelia etc).

Today we mark International Roma Day

4/8/2023 3:14:00 PM

On April 8 we mark International Roma Day. On the occasion Sofia will be the venue of a forum entitled “European funds: possibilities for support of Roma integration”.

Today is LAZAROVDEN (St. Lazarus’ Day)

4/8/2023 8:00:00 AM

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

Fools Day (April 1st)

4/1/2023 8:00:00 AM

There are quite a few nations today having in their calendar the April 1st Fools Day. For better or worse, we, Bulgarians, are among them.

Anniversary of Bulgarias staring to use the Gregorian Calendar

3/31/2023 9:00:00 AM

In 1916, at midnight on 31st of March, Bulgaria “jumps” into future – instead of having April 1st as the next day, Bulgarians had April 14th….

March 27 - International Day of Theater

3/27/2023 8:00:00 AM

March 27th is celebrated each year arounf the world as the International Day of Theater.

BLAGOVESHTENIE (ANNUNCIATION DAY)

3/25/2023 9:00:00 AM

Name day of everyone named Blagovest/à, Blagoy, Blaga, Vangel, Evangelina, Bonka.Ritual table: fish (baked or boiled), flat cake, onion pastry.

March 22nd – World Day of Water

3/22/2023 11:00:00 AM

The World Day of Water has been appointed by a decision of the UN Ecology and Development Conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 1992.

March 20 – International Francophony Day

3/20/2023 10:00:00 AM

The first "sommet de la Francophonie" took place in Paris in 1986. About 44 countries took part in it.

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