On 30 November, the Bulgarian Orthodox church honours the memory of the Apostle Andrew, known as First-Called. Together with his brother Peter he was among the first of Jesus Christ’s disciples. After the resurrection of Christ, when the apostles started preaching in different countries, Andrew travelled along what is now Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast and went to preach North.
After the St. Andrew’s day liturgy, a prayer for the health of Bulgarian Patriarch Neophyte took place at the chapel of Sofia University’s Faculty of Theology.
The 78-year old Patriarch of Bulgaria was admitted to hospital because of an exacerbation of a chronic lung condition. In the time of his hospitalization, the Holy Synod meetings are presided over by the most senior cleric, the Metropolitan Gregory of Veliko Tarnovo, the Holy Synod has announced.
Pipes from the end of the 17 th , the 18 th and the 19 th century and the tradition of growing tobacco in Bulgaria are presented in the newest exposition at the Museum of Archaeology in Burgas. “Pipes like this are to be found often on the..
In Bulgaria, when we talk about a person with bad luck, we often say: "Ah, what a Marko Totev!" But who exactly was Marko Totev, and how did his name become a byword for a person with ill fortune and a bad luck? "He was a Bulgarian public figure..
30 March marks the end of the most blessed time of the year, as Muslims call the month of Ramadan. This year it started on 1 March, and the most important obligation Muslims have during this 30-day period is to refrain from food, drink and temptation..
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