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Today's Culture Events in the city

12/16/2009 5:00:05 PM
Dec.16, 2009 (Wednesday)

10.30 am, 11.45 am - Plovdiv State Puppet Theater - performance of "God's Son"

5 PM - Central Square - performances of music and dance groups: "Plovdiv Rhythms" led by Yanko Pavlov; "Ivan Spassov led by Gergana Lyutzkanova; "Geo Milev" led by Martin Mochkov and "Viva" led by Stanimira Manolova

6 PM - Rompheya Art Galery - Award giving ceremony: "The Sword of Rompheya" Art awards

6.30 PM - "Suedinenie" Museum of Unification, Plovdiv - Presentation of the book "Plovdiv in Their Memories"

7 PM - Plovdiv Drama Theater, Big Hall - the premiere of "The Good Bad Weather" based on Shakespeare's "The Tempest" - cooproduction of the Drama Theater and the ArtiShock Producer House. Adaptation and staging: Tedi Mosskov

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)
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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.