Besides all the other wonders the visitors of the town of Gabrovo (Central Bulgaria) may enjoy also the monument in the river. The citizens of Gabrovo have placed the statue of Racho Kovacha (Racho the Smith) over a rock in the Yantra River, in a way to save residential area and to avoid spending money on flowers for the monument.
According to one of the legends a young man – a smith, called Racho settled here the waters of Yantra. He used to sho...

The modern Bulgarians are descendants of many different ancient peoples, says Ivo Kremenski

	December 22, 2006 Name day of everyone named Anastasia, Asya, Natasha. St. Anastasia was a Roman lady of noble descent. Her father was an opulent and noble pagan; but her mother, who was a Christian, caused her to be baptized in her infancy, and secretly reared her in sentiments of Christian piety, in which she made great progress. St. Anastasia had been married to a noble Roman, named Publius, who was a pagan; he loved his wife much, but havin...

December 05, 2006 Name day of everyone named Sava, Slavka, Slav, Vladislav, Slavi. The name Sava comes from the Old Greek for "Saturday" (having the meaning of "foreseeing"). In folk legends this is the holiday of saint Androgin. That is why in some villages Sava is a woman, a saint, sister of St. Varvara and St. Nicholas. At other places Sava is a man, protector of wolves, also called "wolf herd". That day childless women get up very early and s...