St John the Baptist - the last Old Testament prophet and the baptiser of Jesus - is revered on Ivanov Day. 347 534 Bulgarians who go by the name of Ivan (John) celebrate their name day today. "Ivan is a title, not a name," is what Bulgarians like to say..
On January 5, on the eve of Epiphany, Holy Liturgy and water blessing are performed in Orthodox churches across Bulgaria. People often call the ritual “Voditsi”. This holiday closes the cycle of the so-called "dirty days" that start on December 25...
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church today celebrates the Feast of the Circumcision of the Lord. On the eighth day after his birth, Christ was taken to the Temple to be consecrated to God and to carry out the tradition of circumcision. Believers today..
On 27 December, the Orthodox Church honours the memory of the first Christian martyr - St. Stephen . He was a miracle worker who, like Christ, laid his hands on the sick and they were healed. And although there are few records of his life, the saint is..
On the second day of Christmas, the Orthodox church celebrates the Mother of God – the Synaxis of the Mother of God. On this day the focus is on preserving family values, and specifically the role of the parents in safeguarding children and..
Metropolitan Anthony of Western and Central Europe has been invited to serve the Divine Liturgy for the Feast of the Nativity of Christ and for Epiphany at the St. Alexander Nevski Cathedral in Sofia. He will replace Patriarch Neophyte, decided the..
How do Bulgarian compatriots celebrate the Nativity of Christ abroad, where sometimes you have to travel many kilometers to reach an Orthodox church... There are Bulgarian church communities across Europe and America. In France, for example, the..
In the Bulgarian calendar, the day of St. Ignatius (Ignazhden) is a folklore as well as a religious feast, marked by the Orthodox church on 20 December. The day is dedicated to Ignatius Theophorus, bishop of Antioch, hence he was also known as Ignatius..
Today marks the 80th anniversary of the day when fighter pilot Dimitar Spisarevski saved the city of Sofia during the Second World War . He died defending the capital from American bombing. On 20 December 1943, during a night-time bombing raid, the..
On December 9th we celebrate St. Anna - the mother of the Virgin Mary. Joachim and Anna had been childless for many years and prayed to God to grant them a baby. One day an angel of the Lord appeared to Anna and told her that she would give birth to..
On Saturday, minimum temperatures in the country will be between 5 and 10°C, around 5°C in Sofia. The morning will be sunny. In the afternoon it will be..
Ground forces military personnel destroyed an unexploded ordnance found yesterday in Vazrazhdane residential area of Sofia, the press service of the..
On Sunday the weather will be predominantly sunny, with cumulus clouds forming in the East in the afternoon though there is a slim chance of rain...
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