Rituals and beliefs during Todor's week
Rituals and beliefs during Todor's week. The testament of the old Bulgarians to restore the balance of power between the earthly and the afterlife.photo: Michael AnfangBECOME A VIRTUE ♥ The testament of the old Bulgarians to restore the balance of power between the earthly and ...
Trifon Zarezan - the king of the vineyards
The election of the "king of the vineyards" is an ancient Bulgarian custom, revered in Northern Bulgaria to this day. The holiday "King of the Vineyards" is a form of the Greco-Thracian Dionysian celebrations. BECOME A VIRTUE ♥ The choice of "King of the Vineyards" is an ancient Bulgarian custom, revered in ...
St. Peter's Day - a holiday of male childbirth and fertility
On February 2 in the Bulgarian national calendar we celebrate St. Peter's Day. According to some researchers, the holiday is the successor of an ancient Slavic rite in honor of hunting and beekeeping. Photo: Anton Darius BECOME A VIRTUE ♥ On February 2 in the Bulgarian national calendar ...
To celebrate St. Nicholas Day in Bari
St. Nicholas Day is one of the most revered Christian holidays and a favorite occasion for many Bulgarian families to gather at one table. Basilica "St. Nicholas" in Bari St. Nicholas Day is one of the most revered Christian holidays and a favorite occasion to gather at one table many of ...
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Trifon Zarezan - the king of the vineyards
The election of the "king of the vineyards" is an ancient Bulgarian custom, revered in Northern Bulgaria to this day. The holiday "King of the Vineyards" is a form of the Greco-Thracian Dionysian celebrations. BECOME A VIRTUE ♥ The choice of "King of the Vineyards" is an ancient Bulgarian custom, revered in ...
The Clean Capital project - two boys inspire Bulgarians to clean their favorite urban spaces
I have always believed that a person is brought up best by getting good examples. I have always believed that a person is brought up best by getting good examples. An example of self-initiative and personal civic responsibility, as every person ...
Anatomy of Carnival Traditions
The union of every nation is a tradition. The intangible heritage of the primordial community lives in its periodic "realization" through various complexes of customs and rites that are passed down from generation to generation. Without continuity one cannot speak of tradition, ...
Christmas traditions in Europe and Scandinavia
Christmas lately has been accompanied by great urban stress. Choosing the most appropriate gifts to flood the shops, planning trips and preparing for the holiday dinners are sometimes a big question mark. But Christmas and Christmas Eve are before ...
Autumn Holidays
Autumn, with its colors and aromas is one of the most picturesque seasons…
24 May - our holiday of spirituality!
On the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture, according to an old tradition, praises will be poured. And according to the "new and modern" tradition, the Slavic language of writing and culture will be challenged, because it is something that is not "purely" Bulgarian. I plan to refrain from speaking clichéd ...
Significance of Cyril - Methodius case for Bulgaria
Around the date of May 24, the work of the holy brothers Cyril and Methodius is always remembered. What an imprint the two Thessalonian brothers left in the Bulgarian family memory is well demonstrated by the glorious episode with the presentation of the Samara flag in the hands of the Bulgarian volunteers (6th ...
The magic wand of the Bulgarians
I have loved winter since I was a child! With fluffy snow, sleighs and snowball war games „
Ignatius - rituals and customs
On December 20, the Church honors one of the most devoted and close disciples of St. Apostle John - St. Ignatius, also called the Godbearer, because he himself claimed to carry God in his heart. Because of his faith and refusal to worship the Roman gods, he was sentenced to death by ...
A day - a night of magic and magic
Midsummer's Day is one of the most important summer holidays in our national calendar. It is celebrated on June 24, when according to the Eastern Orthodox canon is the birth of St. John the Baptist (also called the Forerunner), who baptized Christ in the waters of the Jordan River. The holiday has different ...
"Come, come St. George's Day with greenery gifted…"
photo: https://ikonopis.bg On May 6th we celebrate St. George's Day - one of the biggest holidays, celebrated in honor of St. George the Victorious and as the Day of Courage and the Bulgarian Army. It marks the beginning of spring and is associated with the awakening of nature, with...
Meat and Cheese Cloak - symbols and customs
"Meat Zagovezni" (Doomsday Sunday) is an Orthodox church holiday that is always celebrated on Sunday, 8 weeks before Easter. The day before "Meat Zagovezni", on Saturday, "Great Assumption" is celebrated - then we honor and say goodbye to the dead. We go to the grave ...
"God created the water and man created the wine"
Trifon Zarezan is one of the most revered holidays in the Bulgarian lands. Ethnographers believe that it dates back to the times when the Thracians inhabited our lands, and its rituals are associated with the stormy spring celebrations in honor of Dionysius -...
Ancient land and spellcasters
Mummery is a traditional Bulgarian custom, which is held in the first days of the New Year and during Sirni Zagovezni. Mummer's games are part of our Thracian heritage. The meaning of the word mummer is "tall, masked people", as those involved in the ritual ...
Christmas is the most wonderful Christian holiday
Today, bright and great joy gushes from every look; a wonderful song has sung harm the earth has turned white. And in every house a tiny lamp is kindly lit, as if its flame scarlet from the star is lit. "Christmas", Grigor Ugarov Christmas (December 25) is one of ...
Christmas Eve - traditions and symbols
The night of December 24-25, when Jesus was born, is considered magical. In it the sky dissolves and everyone can wish something intimate that will come true. At Christmas, according to legend, Christ comes to Earth and carries with him a piece of heaven ...
Dirty (bad) days according to Bulgarian beliefs
Dirty, Karakonjuli, pagan, ash, unbaptized - that's what people call the days from Christmas to Jordan's Day. It is believed that various unclean forces roam the earth at that time, trying to harm people. Among them are karakonjuli - mischievous creatures, ...
Spring holidays
Spring, the most wonderful time of the year - a period of revival and renewal. It is no coincidence that in the holiday calendar the spring holidays occupy a central place with their diversity of rituals and beliefs. Starting from Lazarus Day and Palm Sunday and ending with ...
Tradition tells 1 to march with a marten. But are traditions what they were?
At every step, in every shop we are "flooded" with red and white in front of the March extravaganza. Different shapes and sizes, original whims, eccentric solutions, and often not quite suitable for the occasion ideas and colors. And where does this Bulgarian actually originate ...