Christian feastday. Name day of German. The hail men in Bulgarian folklore are four in number, German or Guerman (May 12), Bartholomew (June 11), Lisseh (June 14), and Vido's Day or Vidovden (Ju... |more|

21 May 2013

St. St. Constantine and Helena

Christian feastday. Name day of everyone named Konstantin, Kostadin, Kostadinka, Koycho, Dinko, Elena, Elen, Eli, Elitsa. May 21st is celebrated in Bulgaria as the church feast of St. St. Consta... |more|

24 May 2013

Bulgarian Education and Culture, and Slavonic Literature Day

Bulgarian Official Holiday A national holiday celebrating Bulgarian culture and literature as well as the alphabet.... |more|

30 May 2013

St. Emilia

Christian feastday. Name day of Emil, Emilian, Emiliana, Emilia.... |more|

13 June 2013

Spassovden - Ascension of the Lord

Christian feastday. Always on Thursday, 40 Days after Easter - aslo "Ascension Day" or "Ascension of the Lord". The great feast called the Spassovden or Ascension Day is connected to the eter... |more|

23 June 2013

Pentecost / Holy Trinity

50 Days after Easter is the feastday Pentecost (Whitsunday), also called Holy Trinity. The Holy Ghost feastday is on the following day. It is a church feast that commemorates the Descent of the Hol... |more|

24 June 2013

Enyovden/ Enyo's Day (Midsummer Day)

Christian and folk feastday. This ancient Bulgarian ritual is considered the turning point in the mythological calendar of the ancient people - a ritual connected to the summer Equinox, when the d... |more|

27 June 2013

Roussalska nedelia (Midsummer Week) - the week after Pentecost

It is the week from Spirits' Day until next Sunday, when healers called "kaloushari" visit people's homes. People believe that after their visit there will be only health. The week after Pentecost/... |more|

29 June 2013

St. Peter & Paul`s Day

Christian feastday. June 29th the Orthodox Church celebrates the day of the two apostles - Peter and Paul: Petrovden and Pavlovden. In Bulgaria, though, Pavlovden is more popular to be celebrated o... |more|

30 June 2013

St. Paul's Day

The East Orthodox calendar officially celebrates St.Paul`s Day on June 29th, the Day of St. st. Peter and Paul, but in many regions of Bulgaria it is separately celebrated on the next day, June 30th. ... |more|

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