Today is the last day on which Christian Orthodox believers eat meat. On the Christian Orthodox calendar Meatfare Sunday falls on the Sunday 8 weeks before Easter.
Traditionally, meat is eaten at dinner, after which no meat is eaten until after Lent. By a tradition, on this night the entire family sits down to table to a rich meal of bread wine and different kinds of meat.
On the feast of the Dormition of Saint Ivan Rilski, the Bulgarian Patriarch and Metropolitan of Sofia Daniil led the Divine Liturgy at the Rila Monastery. On the eve of the feast, he bowed before the relics of the patron saint of the Bulgarian people..
Today, August 18, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church marks the Dormition of St. John of Rila – the heavenly patron of Bulgaria. He is the most beloved saint in Bulgaria and is revered even beyond the borders of this country. We associate..
The history of the largest Bulgarian church in Bulgaria from the National Revival period "The Assumption of the Virgin Mary" in the town of Pazardzhik is long and interesting. It is assumed that the first church there was built in the 17th century. It..
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