"Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!" (Luke 19:38). With these enthusiastic exclamations, which the Church recalls on the feast of the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem, Jesus Christ was..
On 22 July, the Orthodox church honours the memory of the first herald of the resurrection of Jesus Christ – Mary Magdalene, Holy Myrrhbearer and Equal to the Apostles. She was the first person to have exclaimed: Christ is risen! It is said that..
Christ's sufferings or passions, as the Church calls them, reach their climax on the day of His crucifixion. Condemned without guilt, scourged and reviled by the crowd, the Saviour takes the steep road to Golgotha later called "Via Dolorosa"...
During the holy liturgy in Orthodox churches of Bulgaria, there is one chant that is performed only once a year. Only on Good Friday, the chant “Nadgrobnoe ridanie" (Sepulchral lamentation in English), also known as the "Opelo Christovo” (Requiem..
Immediately after the major Christian holiday Palm Sunday, celebrating Jesus Christ’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem, begin the most difficult days of Lent. It is a week in which believers remember the last days of Christ’s life before being..
Every year, on the eve of Epiphany itself (on January 5 and 6), in all active churches and monasteries of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, the so-called Great Blessing of the Waters takes place, during which water is consecrated. The sacrament, through..
"Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, goodwill among men." For more than 2,000 years, this angelic hymn has sounded in all Christian churches to glorify the Nativity of Christ as a celebration of hope and faith in the all-conquering power..
Orthodox Christians mark Meatfare Sunday on February 27. The feast falls on the Sunday eight weeks before Easter. A liturgy commemorating moments from the Early Life of Jesus Christ is served. Traditionally, meat is eaten at dinner, after..
Orthodox Christians are celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, a symbol of the triumph over evil and death. Metropolitan bishop of Vratsa Grogoriy brought the Holy Fire to the St. Alexander cathedral where he conducted Easter..
On 2 February the Bulgarian Orthodox Church celebrates Candlemas – one of the 12 major feast days of the year. It is also called Feast of the Presentation of Jesus Christ and Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It falls on the..
