The Feast of the Epiphany - the entry of the Theotokos into the Temple - is one of the oldest and most revered feasts in the Orthodox world. It was introduced in Constantinople around the 8th century during the time of Patriarch Tarasius. It was six centuries later, under Pope Gregory XI, that the feast began to be celebrated in Western Europe. In modern Bulgarian Church history, Epiphany was established in 1929 by a decision of the Holy Synod as the Day of.. See more

A cold front will pass through the country overnight and tomorrow from the northwest . Rain will fall in many places in the western regions and the Danube Plain, and will quickly turn to snow in the high fields of western Bulgaria and the Balkan Range. Precipitation will stop in the morning hours and sunny weather will settle in. Minimum temperatures on Thursday will be between 1°C and 6°C , in the valleys of western Bulgaria - as low as to minus 2°C, and in the.. See more

56% of Bulgarians prefer the new 51st National Assembly to form a government, even if this is at the cost of compromises, indicate data of a national representative survey conducted by the polling agency "Gallup International" for the "Referendum" talk show on BNT. The survey was conducted between October 31 and November 8, 2024, among 806 adults using the "face-to-face" method with tablets. Just over one-fifth (22%) of respondents express a desire for new.. See more