On January 17 the Bulgarian Orthodox Church honors the memory of Saint Anthony the Great who is regarded as one of the founders of monasticism in the Christian world. In Egypt, Saint Anthony founded a monastery which is preserved until present and is considered the oldest monastery in the world. According to the Bulgarian folk tradition, people mark the Day of Saint Anthony (Antonovden) to protect themselves from illnesses. On this day, women do not weave or cook beans or lentils to keep plague and measles away from their homes. Specially baked soda pita bread is handed out to relatives and neighbors for good health. A piece of bread is left in the attic to chase plague away from the house. Nearly 82,000 Bulgarians celebrate their name day on this day- Anton, Antonia, Andon, Toncho, Donka, etc.
A key to our heritage and national identity, the Glagolitic alphabet is an alphabet and a message to Europe, surrounded by many hypotheses. To mark the 1170th anniversary of its creation, we take a trip back to the 9th century, when the brothers Cyril..
A Bulgarian delegation, led by Minister of Justice Georgi Georgiev, attended the enthronement of Archimandrite Gavriil as abbot of the Zograf Monastery in Mount Athos. Hieromonk Gavriil elected new abbot of Zograf Monastery “This is a..
On 10 May we mark 72 years since the restoration of the Bulgarian Patriarchate, whose existence ended at the end of the 14th century when Bulgaria fell under five centuries of Ottoman rule. Efforts to restore it began in the Renaissance. In 1870 the..
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