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Cultural News from Plovdiv today

Cultural News from Plovdiv today

4/8/2010 12:28:27 PM

  • 5 PM - Unification Museum - discussion "Resurrection of Christ - Mystical reality", with the participation of Vaklush Tolev, and the "Evmolpeya" Female Choir

  • 7 PM - Plovdiv Puppet Theater, "Edipus, the Feast of Getting Blind"

  • 7 PM - Plovdiv Drama Theater, Big Scene - guest performance of the students of the American university in Bulgaria - the musical "Hairspray" (music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman)

  • Ivan Vazov National Library, Children Section - 205th Anniversary of the Birth of Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875)

  • Ivan Vazov National Library, Children Section - Aquarelles by the artist Martin Martinov, and applied arts exhibition by the artist Todorka Rangelova.
ST. ANASTASIAs Day
ST. ANASTASIAs Day
12/22/2023 8:00:00 AM
Name day of everyone named Anastasia, Asya, Natasha.
IGNAZHDEN (St. Ignatius, the God-Bearer of Antioch)
Name day of everyone named Ignat (from the Latin, the name means ‘fire’), Ognyan, Ognyana.
DANIEL, Holy Prophet, and the Three Holy Youths Ananias, Azarias, and Misael
Name day of everyone named Danail, Daniel, Daniela.
 SPYRIDONOVDEN (St. Spyridons Day)
SPYRIDONOVDEN (St. Spyridons Day)
12/12/2023 9:00:00 AM
Name day of everyone named Spyridon or Spiro.
ANINDEN (St. Anna’s Day - the Conception of the Holy Mother of God by Saint Anna)
Name day of everyone named Anna, Ana, Anita, Aneta, Anette.
43 years ago John Lennon was killed on that day...
Former Beatle John Lennon has been shot dead December 8th, 1980, by a gunman he did not know, who opened fire outside the musician's New York apartment.
December 8th - the Day University Students celebrate as their feastday
The start of that special feast goes back to the 1920, and is connected to the then-only BG University - the Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski.
216 years of the first early Bulgarian printed book
In 1806 the first early Bulgarian book Nedelnik (Kiriakodromion) written by Sofronii of Vratsa was printed.
NIKULDEN (St. Nicholas the Wonderworker)
Name day for everyone named Nikola, Nikolay, Kolyo, Nikolina, Neno, Nenka, Nikolina, Nina.
ST. SAVA (also: St. Savva or St. Sabbas the Sanctified)
Name day of everyone named Sava, Slavka, Slav, Vladislav, Slavi.