St Nedelya Church after the assault in April 1925. Source: — St Nedelya after the 1925 assault, part of the Old Sofia gallery. The St Nedelya Church assault, a terrorist attack on St. Nedelya Church in Bulgaria, carried out on 16 April 1925, has garnered the most votes in the crime category of a poll for the country's top event during the past century. The on-line and text messaging campaign is organized by the Bulgarian ...
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Mesni Zagovezni (Meat Fasting Day) - celebrated 8 Sundays before Easter. After the All Souls' Day (Goliama Zadoushnitsa) on Saturday, the following day, Sunday, people celebrate the Orthodox Church feast of Mesni Zagovezni - the last day people are allowed to eat meat before Easter, so the festive table contains predominantly meat dishes. In the week following the Mesni Zagovezni Day, i.e. the week before the SIRNI ZAGOVEZNI ...
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He is the most enthusiastically praised and the most violently denounced politician in Bulgaria's modern history, and what could be a better proof that his extraordinary personality. Born in Turnovo in 1854, he made his way into political life after the Liberation of Bulgaria in 1878. He was a student at the Odessa Seminary, an envoy of the Central Revolutionary Committee in Bucharest, leader of the suppressed uprising in Stara ...
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Born on 30 January 1875 in Gorna Oryahovitza. Members of his family played an active role in the national liberation movement, educational and cultural reforms, setting of the national financial system and industry. The farther - Dimitar Burov established the Commercial&Credit House " Burov.D.A&Co." in 1862. After the liberation the company expanded its activities and was reorganised as a joint-stock company. The "Burov" ...
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Tzar Peter I of Bulgaria (927-969), the son of Tzar Simeon the Great of Bulgaria, was married to Maria Irena, the granddaughter of Byzantine Emperor Romanus I Lecapenus. He ruled for over 40 years and was succeeded by their son Boris II. Peter I's reign is usually considered a period of decline, but this is largely due to the less frequent notices about Bulgaria in Byzantine chronicles - a natural consequence of the peaceful ...
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Mikhail Gerdzhikov was born on January 26th, 1877, in Plovdiv. He studied at the French College, where he received the nick-name Michelle. As a student there he started his revolutionary activities as the leader of a secret Macedonian revolutionary committee. Then he studied in Switzerland (Lozana and Geneva), where he made close connections with the revolutionary immigration. In 1899 he comes back to Bulgaria as a teacher in ...
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Bulgarian National Radio BNR celebrates Monday, Jan.25, 2010, the 75th anniversary since its establishment by a decree of Tsar Boris III. On occasion of this anniversary, BNR offers a special program ... |
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January 18 the Orthodox Church honors St. Atanasius The Great - a holiday connected with the New Year?s rites. According to the traditional beliefs, St. Atanasius is the ruler of snow and ice. Dressed in a silk shirt he ascends the mountain, riding his white horse and exclaims: ?Winter, go away; Summer, come again!? That?s why this holiday is also known as the Mid-winter Day. St. Atanasius? Day, just like the preceding St. Anthony? ...
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Exhibition "45 Years of Mutual Love" featuring paintings by the late Plovdiv artist, Dimitar Kirov, opened yesterday at the Diakov Art Gallery in Plovdiv, with the participation of Kirov's wife, Rusalia.
The exhibition is marking a valuable anniversary - January 15 would have been the couple's wedding anniversary.
Dimitar Kirov died in 2008 and his wife is still remembering this special day for the artistic couple (on the photo ...
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Today, January 16th, 2009, turns 114 years from the introduction of vegetation protection in Bulgaria. There are so many people working in that field - today they have have their professional holiday. Congratulations!
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