The Dormition Fast precedes the Assumption of Mary, marked on 15 August.
On the first day of the fast, 1 August, water is blessed in church. In Eastern Orthodoxy the Dormition Fast is connected with veneration of the Mother of God and is very strict, similar to Lent. Only on the Feast of the Transfiguration, 6 August is fish allowed. The fast continues until 14 August.
Truly venerated as the spiritual father and shepherd of the nation, Patriarch Neophyte has passed away. Clerics from the eparchy of Ruse, headed by Neophyte for 19 years, expressed great sorrow with the news of his demise. His Holiness the..
Having to flee one’s home and country and take the long road to an uncertain future – that is what refugees have invariably faced through the years, and for the same reasons. People have to flee because of war or their religious beliefs, their..
A display case with small mirrors is part of an exhibition dedicated to the theme of female beauty in antiquity, presented in the Archaeological Museum in the city of Burgas. The exhibition is entitled "Whims through Antiquity. Look in..
The Orthodox Church glorifies Holy Saturday as the most blessed seventh day, when the Word of God rests as a dead man in the grave, but at the same time..
Anticipated with trepidation and celebrated with great solemnity, Easter is the crown of Christ's teaching . For Christians, it is the fulfilled promise..
At the midnight Mass in the Patriarchate of St Alexander Nevsky, the Vicar of the Holy Synod, Metropolitan Gregory of Vratsa, proclaimed the Resurrection..
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