The Bright Week for Orthodox Christians ends with the feast of Thomas Sunday. On this day, the Church commemorates the Apostle Thomas, one of the twelve disciples of Christ, called Doubting Thomas because he doubted the Resurrection.
The second day of the Ressurection of Christ (Easter Monday) marks the beginning of the Bright Week, also known as Pascha Week and Renewal Week. The week is called bright, because the Resurrection of Christ symbolizes enlightenment. During the Bright..
The Bulgarian National Emigrant Volunteer Company 4093 was established on October 20, 1951, as part of the U.S. Armed Forces in West Germany. This was not an easy process, but it shows that there was a significant number of compatriots who disagreed..
Built in just a few months by the Bulgarian community in Edirne, Turkey, the church of St. George the Victorious continues to preserve the Bulgarian Orthodox spirit for 144 years now. With the permission of Sultan Abdul Hamid II and with the cooperation..
Immediately after the great Christian feast of Pentecost, we celebrate the Day of the Holy Spirit - the third person of the Holy Trinity. It is also the..
Holy Spirit Monday is also celebrated in Bulgaria as Macedonia Day. The tradition dates back to the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising (1903), originally it was..
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