The day of Christ's Crucifixion is the most sorrowful for the Christian community, the only one on which the Divine liturgy is not celebrated. There is also no Holy Communion, because the Lord Himself offered Himself as a sacrifice through the..
Always on Sunday, eight weeks before Easter, Orthodox Christians mark Mesni Zagovezni or Meat Shrovetide. During the liturgy, the Church recalls the image of the Last Judgment through the texts in the Holy Scriptures. The themes of..
On February 10, Christians in Bulgaria honor martyr St. Charalampos of Magnesia. In the Bulgarian tradition, this is one of the last winter holidays. From that day on, people started working on their land again together with the withdrawal of winter...
With an authentic ritual that has no analogue in Bulgaria, the residents of the village of Karaisen, Northern Bulgaria, celebrate St. John's Day (Ivanovden in Bulgarian). The holiday is called "Ivanovi Vlachugi" (dragging, pulling on Saint John's Day)..
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church today celebrates the Feast of the Circumcision of the Lord. On the eighth day after his birth, Christ was taken to the Temple to be consecrated to God and to carry out the tradition of circumcision. Believers today..
On this day, Orthodox Christians pay homage to the Holy Great Martyr Zlata Maglenska . She lived during the Ottoman rule in the second half of the 18th century and sacrificed herself for her faith in Christ. Zlata Maglenska was born in a poor..
Knyaz (prince) Boris is the son of the ruler Presian. In 865 he made peace with Constantinople and, together with his family, converted to Christianity, taking the name Mihail. In search of what is best for the Bulgarian clergy during the conversion..
The bright Christian holiday of the Annunciation, which we celebrate every year on March 25, is among the favorite spring holidays for the entire Christian world. Through the Virgin Mary, chosen as the purest among the virgins, motherhood..
Part of the relics of St. George the Victorious and a miraculous icon with his face from Mount Athos (The Holy Mountain) will arrive to Pernik region in the days after the Easter holidays , announced the board of the Monastery to the Saints Kozma and..
A coloring book with the saints who have spread Christianity in Bulgaria with words and pious deeds has been translated into Ukrainian and distributed to refugee children in Orthodox churches in Bulgaria. "They will feel better when they see..
