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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.

Today is Hugging Day

1/21/2023 8:00:00 AM

National Hugging Day is celebrated on January 21st of each year

PETLYOVDEN (Rooster’s Day)

1/20/2023 9:00:00 AM

Name day of everyone named Efthimios (Evtim, Euthim), (the name derives from the Sanskrit word "en", which designates infinity, the hidden god. Some people also interpret the name with the meaning of "kindliness")

Today is ATANASOVDEN (St. Athanasius Day)

1/18/2023 8:00:00 AM

Name day of everyone named Atanas, Atanaska, Nasso, Nacho, Tinka, Nasya, Totka.

Today is ANTONOVDEN (St. Anthony`s Day)

1/17/2023 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

1/16/2023 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

1/12/2023 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)

1/8/2023 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)

1/7/2023 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)

1/6/2023 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

1/4/2023 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...

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