On the Saturday before Pentecost, 3 June, the Bulgarian Orthodox church marks Cherry All Souls’ Day, on which Christians honour their dead.
On this day church bells toll mournfully, and believers take flowers to the graves of their loved ones where they light a candle, pour wine over the grave and offer incense. Wheat is also taken to the grave, and to church, where bread is broken and the pieces handed out with the words: May God rest his soul. On this day cherries, the most popular fruit at this time of the year, are added to the sacrificial food.
Bulgaria has asked to withdraw its request to the European Commission for the second payment under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, the Commission confirmed to BNR. The request was submitted yesterday following coordination with the..
Border Police remind that major repairs are underway on the Bulgarian section of the Danube Bridge in Ruse, and because of this, a temporary traffic organization has been implemented. Traffic is in one lane with a regulated flow, controlled by the..
On Friday, the minimum temperatures in Bulgaria will be from 7 to 12°C. In Sofia, it will be around 10°C. During the day, the cloudiness over the western and central regions will be broken and decrease to mostly sunny spells. After lunch, clouds will..
Citizens will tonight show their solidarity with the Roma families from the Zaharna Fabrika neighbourhood in Sofia who were left homeless after their..
Exactly at midnight, the Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church Daniil announced the Resurrection of Christ and greeted the Bulgarians with “Christ is..
On his last Easter, Pope Francis appeared before the faithful wearing an omophorion that he received as a gift during his visit to Bulgaria in 2019...
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