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 their upbringing. But it also carries an additional message – empathy with refugees, because the family of the Son of God were also refugees.
Today believers also honour St. Joseph, that is why the 26 Decvember is also marked as Fathers’ Day.
Archaeologists have discovered a very rare and valuable glass bottle in a 2nd-century tomb in the southern necropolis of the Roman colony Deultum near the village of Debelt (Southeastern Bulgaria). What makes it unique is that it depicts the myth of..
The Days of Croatian Archaeological Heritage, which will last until 8 November, begin today at the National Archaeological Institute with Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (NAIM-BAS) in Sofia. The event is organised by the Croatian Embassy in..
Today, 6 November, marks 104 years since the annexation of the Western Outlands in 1920. Traditionally Bulgarian territories in south-eastern Serbia and northern Macedonia were ceded to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in 1920 as a result of..
Today, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church honors the holy great martyr Varvara - a maiden from a noble family, beheaded for her Christian faith at the..
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