VARNA REGION
   TRADITIONAL RITES AND FEASTS
   TRADITIONAL CELEBRATION OF ECCLESIASTICAL AND POPULAR ORTHODOX FEASTS
 
   


“St. Haralampius”. Icon from Varna
All pictures are from National centre for colecting and archiving of bulgarian folklore at Institute of Folklore, BAS, Nationa library "Sveti Kiril i Metodi", National archive, personal collections and
2019 January
Spasovden ; Ascension Day9
Vartolomey; St. Bartholomew’s Day11
Elisey, Liso; St. Elisey’s Day (changing)14
Petdesetnica; St.Trinity (Pentecost,Whitsunday) (changing)19
Sveti Duh; The Holy Ghost (Whitsuntide) (changing)20
Petrovi zagovezni; The Beginning of the Fast before Sts. Peter and Paul's Day22
Enyovden, Leten Sveti Ivan; Summer St. John’s Day24
Petrovden; Sts. Peter and Paul29
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