On 26 December, the Orthodox Church marks the Second Day of Nativity of Christ or the Synaxis of the Mother of God with solemn services. The holiday is in honor of the Virgin Mary as chosen to give birth to the Savior of the world. Today, the church also pays honor to St. Joseph the Betrothed. The Virgin Mary and the infant Jesus were mysteriously entrusted to his care. That is why the day is also celebrated as Father's Day.
Visitors to the National History Museum in Sofia can now take a virtual walk in the temple of the ancient Roman goddess of happiness and fortune Fortuna. The building is part of the former Roman colony of Ulpia Oescus near the present-day..
The Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church examined letters of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew and Serbian Patriarch Porfirije regarding the canonical status of the Orthodox Church of North Macedonia. The Bulgarian..
On June 20, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church honors the memory and work of St. Naum of Ohrid. He was one of the five most devoted students of the first Slavic enlighteners - Sts. Cyril and Methodius. Naum grew up in Moesia and participated in the..
On 18 August the Bulgarian Orthodox church marks the Assumption of St. John (Yoan) of Rila, the most revered Bulgarian saint, protector of Bulgaria,..
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