On November 6, the Orthodox Church and the laity celebrate the Archangel's All Soul’s Day - a day on which we pay homage the memory of the dead. This day is always on the first Saturday before Archangel's Day /November 8/, as Saturday in the Orthodox calendar is designated as the day of the dead.
In every Orthodox church a memorial liturgy for the dead is held on this day, a prayer for the souls of the dead is read and a candle is lit. The relatives of the deceased visit their grave, pour wine over it, incense it, and then distribute wheat and food to those present for "God forgive the dead souls." Wheat symbolizes the resurrection; bread and wine remind us of Christ's sacrifice for the salvation of mankind. Archangel's All Souls’ Day is the last one for the year
Compiled by Gergana Mancheva
English Rositsa Petkova
Fifty-four-year-old Metropolitan Gregory of Vratsa was unanimously elected temporary head of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. Metropolitan Gregory will be responsible for organizing the election of a new patriarch within the next 4..
Today is the first day of the longest fasting period in Orthodox Christian tradition. Strict fasting is observed during the first and last week, and apart from animal and dairy foods, which are excluded during the entire fasting period, vegetable fats..
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors... Every Christian remembers the meaning of this phrase from the Lord's Prayer, because it is around it that Christ's teaching on love and forgiveness is built. Those who cannot forgive cannot..
After the Liberation in 1878, Bulgaria began to develop at a pace that would make up for the centuries-long absence from the world history map. Young..
Occasional showers
sunshine, cloud, rain and thunder
Rain