Holy Spirit Monday is also celebrated in Bulgaria as Macedonia Day. The tradition dates back to the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising (1903), originally it was the Day of the Struggle for the Liberation of Macedonia and Adrianople, and after the First World War it became the "Day of Macedonia" with the idea of paying tribute to all those who died in the struggle for liberation, explains Assoc. Prof. Dr Spas Tashev of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, a researcher on Balkan history, demography and geopolitics and author of the study "The Fights of the Macedonian Bulgarians for Rights and Independence - 68 Cases from the Period 1944-1994". Macedonia Day in Bulgaria is always celebrated on a movable date - the 51st day after Easter.
Vintage cars from the National Service for Protection (NSP) fleet are on display at the National History Museum from today until 15 September. The exhibition marks the 145th anniversary of the service. Visitors can see four rare vehicles preserved..
After the great Lord's feast of the Assumption of the Theotokos, the Nativity of the Mother of God is held in special honor in Bulgaria. The Bulgarian Orthodox Church celebrates it on September 8, together with the Greek Orthodox Church, and the other..
The findings from the archaeological excavations of Kozareva mound - a settlement from the 5th millennium BC , became a real sensation already in 2014, when they were presented to the general public for the first time. Among the exquisite exhibits of..
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