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St. Annas Summer Feastday (Dormition of the Mother of the Holy Virgin)

St. Annas Summer Feastday (Dormition of the Mother of the Holy Virgin)

7/25/2023 10:00:00 AM
Name day of everyone named Anna, Yana, Enko.































































This is the second day around the year dedicated to St. Anna (December  9 - ANINDEN/St. Anna’s Day, the Conception of the Holy Mother of God by Saint Anna).































































St.Anna is celebrated as the guardian of pregnancies, birth and motherhood. This day is supposed to be free of any work – otherwise women would miscarriage or have hard delivery. The mistresses of the houses make bread without yeast and give it away for the health of young children; that way the saint is going to protect them of fire or fever. St.Anna’s icon is decorated with flowers and gifts by church-goers.
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)
IGNAZHDEN (St. Ignatius, the God-Bearer of Antioch)
12/20/2023 9:00:00 AM
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
DANIEL, Holy Prophet, and the Three Holy Youths Ananias, Azarias, and Misael
12/17/2023 9:00:00 AM
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)
ANINDEN (St. Anna’s Day - the Conception of the Holy Mother of God by Saint Anna)
12/9/2023 8:00:00 AM
Name day of everyone named Anna, Ana, Anita, Aneta, Anette.
43 years ago John Lennon was killed on that day...
43 years ago John Lennon was killed on that day...
12/8/2023 10:00:00 AM
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
December 8th - the Day University Students celebrate as their feastday
12/8/2023 8:00:00 AM
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
216 years of the first early Bulgarian printed book
12/7/2023 8:00:00 AM
In 1806 the first early Bulgarian book Nedelnik (Kiriakodromion) written by Sofronii of Vratsa was printed.
NIKULDEN (St. Nicholas the Wonderworker)
NIKULDEN (St. Nicholas the Wonderworker)
12/6/2023 8:00:00 AM
Name day for everyone named Nikola, Nikolay, Kolyo, Nikolina, Neno, Nenka, Nikolina, Nina.
ST. SAVA (also: St. Savva or St. Sabbas the Sanctified)
ST. SAVA (also: St. Savva or St. Sabbas the Sanctified)
12/5/2023 8:00:00 AM
Name day of everyone named Sava, Slavka, Slav, Vladislav, Slavi.