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ST.VLASSIOS/ BLASSIOS (also Hieromartyr Blaise)

2/11/2024 10:00:00 AM

Orthodox Church celebrates the day of the holy martyr St. Vlassios (Blassios; Blaise), the Sebastian bishop, on that day. He died as a martyr during the time of the Roman Emperor Licinius (308-324).

The traditional rituals include a number of forbidden practices that might evoke illness – women are not supposed to weave or knead, and men should not put oxen to the yoke. Oxen are specially taken care of that day and even the ritual bread baked that day gets consecrated in the barn with the oxen.

Hamlet quote sounds in 32 languages in Plovdiv

2/21/2019 11:00:00 AM

“To be or not to be – that is the question” is a quote of one of Shakespeare’s most popular plays Hamlet. It will sound in 32 languages in the Small Basilica in Plovdiv on occasion of the International Mother Language Day marked on February 21.

International Agra 2019 Exhibition starts in Plovdiv

2/20/2019 11:00:00 AM

In the period February 20 to 24 the international Agra 2018 agricultural exhibition takes place in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv.

Plovdiv expecting to be crowned European Capital of Culture

1/11/2019 11:43:22 AM

With a show entitled "We Are All Colors", which is expected to include 1500 performers, Plovdiv will officially open its program as European Capital of Culture 2019on January 12. In the coming months Plovdiv will host more than 300 projects and 500 events.

MEDICUS, DENTO, GALENIA 2017

10/17/2018 10:00:00 AM

International Exhibition of Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmaceutics MEDICUS, DENTO, GALENIA starts today

International Technical Fair Plovdiv 2018 begins

9/24/2018 9:00:00 AM

Over 550 companies from 35 countries are taking part at this year’s Technical Fair in Plovdiv

National Autumn Exhibitions in Plovdiv take a look “Beyond the surface”

9/1/2018 11:51:00 AM

This year’s National Autumn Exhibitions in Plovdiv cast a glance beyond the surface through the individual perception of ten contemporary artists and the way they interpret secrets hidden from the eyes of the uninitiated – as in a magic theatre, they lend density to all things beyond conventional bounds.