For the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, the Christian family is a small temple where, through the sacrament of marriage, the conception and upbringing of children in the Orthodox faith is blessed. In this ecclesiastical family, the man and the woman are..
On May 2 the Bulgarian Orthodox Church honors the memory of Tsar Boris I Michael. Boris 1, also known as Boris-Mihail was the ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire between 852 and 889. He introduced Christianity in Bulgaria . When in..
Today, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church celebrates Candlemass. The Feast of the Presentation of Jesus Christ is one of the 12 great feasts of the year and one of the four dedicated to the Mother of God. The feast is based upon the..
"It is disturbing that even today, two millennia after the Resurrection of Christ, the world which we live in continues to be torn apart by injustices and contradictions, by wars and all kinds of hatred and violence; that though redeemed by God,..
On July 27, along with St. Clement of Ohrid and the Seven Saints (known as Sveti Sedmochislenitsi), the Bulgarian Orthodox Church honors the memory of Greatmartyr St. Panteleimon. His name means "all-compassionate". The saint was known among..
In the middle of the hot month of August, Bulgarians pay honor to the Mother of God. The day of her Dormition (or falling asleep) is among the most important feasts in this country. Three days before her earthly journey ended, while she was..
“A new day, a new year,” Bulgarian people used to say on Ignazhden (Day of St. Ignatius of Antioch, marked on December 20). According to folk beliefs, it is on this day when the “young year starts.” The man who first enters one’s home on..
On October 19, Orthodox Bulgaria honors the memory of its heavenly protector, St. Ivan Rilski. The name of the most famous monastery in this country, which is also a monument of UNESCO and has preserved the faith and spirituality of the..
Christians in Bulgaria mark Pentecost, which is always observed on Sunday, 50 days after Easter. His Holiness Bulgarian Patriarch Neophyte has served a solemn liturgy in the Romanian Orthodox Holy Trinity Church in Sofia, where bishop of Contsanza..
Today the Bulgarian Orthodox Church celebrates the Holy Ghost. On this day Orthodox Christians pay homage to the holy life-giving spirit, it being the third person of the Consubstantial Holy and undivided Trinity. According to the Christian..
