Today is ATANASOVDEN (St. Athanasius Day)

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Today is ATANASOVDEN (St. Athanasius Day)

1/18/2023 8:00:00 AM

January 18 the Orthodox Church honors St. Atanasius The Great - a holiday connected with the New Year?s rites. According to the traditional beliefs, St. Atanasius is the ruler of snow and ice. Dressed in a silk shirt he ascends the mountain, riding his white horse and exclaims: ?Winter, go away; Summer, come again!? That?s why this holiday is also known as the Mid-winter Day. St. Atanasius? Day, just like the preceding St. Anthony?s Day, is a holiday of the blacksmiths, ironmongers, cutters and shoeing smiths. St. Atanasius is the patron of blacksmiths and he symbolizes immortality.

January 2 is SYLVESTROVDEN (St. Sylvester Day)

1/2/2023 9:00:00 AM

Name day of everyone named Sylvia, Sylester, Goran, Goritsa

Today is VASSILYOVDEN (aka. St. Vasilij or St. Basil, the Great)

1/1/2023 8:00:00 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").

Happy New Year!

1/1/2023 1:00:00 AM

We wish you all tons of love and joy, luck and happiness, success and prosperity for the new year 2023!!!

More About New Year...

12/30/2022 8:00:00 AM

Did you know that the day we celebrate the New Year on has not always been January 1st?The celebration of the new year is the oldest of all holidays.

STEFANOVDEN (St. Stephen or Stefans Day)

12/27/2022 8:00:00 AM

Name day of everyone named Stefan (the name Stefan means 'crown'), Stefanka, Stoil, Stoyo, Stoyka, Stoycho, Stoimen, Stoichko, Stancho, Stanka, Stoyan (Minchev), Stoyanka, Tanyo, Tanya, Tsonko/a, Tsanko/a, Stanimir/a, Stamen, Zapryan/a; Ventsislav/a (also Dec. 30th)....

CHRISTMAS DAY - December 25

12/25/2022 8:00:00 AM

Name day for: Hristo, Hristina, Christina, Kolio, Bojin, Radostin, Radomir, Mladen.

Some more information on Christmas Eve

12/24/2022 11:00:00 AM

Christmas Eve is the night before Christmas, when the whole family gathers at a festive dinner with traditionally uneven number of meatless dishes - the more the number is, the richest the year is going to be.

Christmas Eve

12/24/2022 9:00:00 AM

The BG tradition says: The feast starts Dec.24th - the Christmas Eve (or known as Small Christmas). All over Bulgaria koledari (i.e. typically Bulgarian carol singers) go around their neighborhood.

Silent Night songs gets 204 years old

12/23/2022 9:00:00 AM

Born on a cold night in the chapel of a small Austrian village, Silent Night, the world's most famous Christmas carol, is celebrating its 203th anniversary.

ST. ANASTASIAs Day

12/22/2022 8:00:00 AM

Name day of everyone named Anastasia, Asya, Natasha.

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