On September 17, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church honors the Holy Martyr Sophia and her daughters Vyara, Nadezhda and Lyubov (Faith, Hope and Love). September 17 is a holiday of the spiritual virtues- wisdom, hope, faith and love.
The legend has it that in the 1st century, Sophia and her daughters, who were slandered for professing Christianity, were taken before Emperor Hadrian in Rome. Hadrian urged them to offer a sacrifice to the goddess Artemis, but the young girls remained unyielding and died a martyr's death with their mother.
Vyara, Verka, Nadezhda, Lyubov, Lyuba, Lyuben. Lyubomir, Lyubomira, Lyubomil, Sophia and Sofka celebrate their name day on September 17.
On October 26, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church marks the Day of Great Martyr St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki, considered one of the greatest saints. In Bulgaria, his name is also associated with the restoration of the Second Bulgarian..
Exactly a year ago, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church established a new holiday in the church calendar - the Glorification of the holy relics of Saint Euthymius, Patriarch of T a rnovo . According to church sources, the last..
They call Nikopol “the town of ages” because its history goes back thousands of years. It was founded as a settlement in the year 169 during the reign of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius. In 629, theByzantine Emperor renamed the town to Nicopolis, meaning..
The head of the statue of Tyche, the goddess of Philippopolis, has been discovered in the Episcopal Basilica in Plovdiv, said the head of the..
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