On May 1, Panagyurishte is the center of celebrations for the 147th anniversary of the April Uprising. They began with a procession led by the Poibrenе Silver Cross. With it, the Flying rebel detachment of voivode Georgi Benkovski was blessed. A memorial service was held in the historical church "The Entry of the Theotokos" in memory of those who died in the epic battles of the April Uprising.
Volunteers joined the efforts to clean and restore the monastery St. Spas near Bakadzhik peak. The campaign is being organized on 2 November by Stoimen Petrov, mayor of the nearby village of Chargan, the Bulgarian news agency BTA reports. The..
There are three special days on the calendar of the Bulgarian Orthodox church, on which believers pray to God and give alms to honour the memory of their dear departed. The three All Souls’ Days always fall on the Saturdays before Meat..
One frosty November morning in 1917, as World War I was raging, a Zeppelin L 59 took off from the air base near Yambol bound for Tanzania. The purpose of the flight was to deliver ammunition and materials to the German military units in a remote..
105 years ago, on November 27, 1919, a treaty was signed in the Parisian suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine, officially ending Bulgaria's..
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