На Васильовден ромите честват своята Нова година На 14 януари ромската общност в България празнува своя най-значим празник Васильовден или Банго Васил - „Куцият Васил“. Празникът е известен като „Ромската нова година“ и се чества от всички, независимо..
A solemn mass was held at the St. Alexander Nevsky cathedral to mark one of the 12 major Orthodox feasts – the Feast of the Circumcision of Christ, and a New Year's prayer service. “We hope and we pray that the past year, 2020, a year of the..
For the first time this year many towns across Bulgaria cancelled their traditional New Year street celebration, though that didn’t seem to dampen the holiday spirit. Many people from Sofia went up to a locality on Mount Vitosha called..
“ We are sending off a year of trials – unparalleled in impact and scale … Yet, I have always said that Bulgarians demonstrate their strength best in the worst of times. That was true of 2020, which showed us what the word “heroes” truly means,”..
Dear friends of Radio Bulgaria, have a happy 2021! Wishing you health, love and heartwarming emotions! Hoping that we shall leave the pain and suffering behind the mask of 2020 and learn its lessons – that life itself is the biggest treasure and..
Minutes before the end of 2020, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev made his traditional New Year's address to the Bulgarian people. In it, he pointed out that Bulgaria and the world were looking back at a "difficult and divisive year" - with a..
The citizens of Bulgaria’s Gabrovo, also known as the city of humour and satire, were the first in the world to say goodbye to 2020. It has become a tradition in the city for fireworks to explode on December 30th rather than on December 31st...
Because of the coronavirus, 23% of Bulgarians have changed their plans for the holidays. 3 out of 4 say the holidays will not be the same because of the pandemic. 59% will refrain from meeting friends and relatives during the holidays. Nearly 2.5..
All hotels in the "Albena" resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast remain closed for Christmas and New Year, despite the opportunities for sports, recreation and spa outside the active season. However, the complex can be used for walks. "The most..
The Surva Eve meal is the second thurified dinner after Christmas Eve and to a great extent mirrors its ritual elements. The decoration on the ritual loaves is the same, as is the symbolic meaning it conveys. But the main difference..
