Holidays & customs
New Year – Survakari
New Year’s Eve – Kukeri
February 14 – Trifon Zarezan
7 weeks before Velikden (Easter) - Sirni Zagovezni
March 3 – Bulgaria’s National Holiday
March 8 - International Women’s Day
A week before Velikden(Easter) – Tsvetnitsa
May 21 – Fire Dancing
May 24 – Slavic Alphabet & Culture Day
June 24 – Enyov’s Day
December 6 – Nikulden
December 20 – Ignazhden
December 25 – Koleda
1 March – Baba Marta
6 May – St. George’s Day
Name’s Day
1 January – St Basil’s Day, or Vasilyovden
6 January – Epiphany, or Yordanovden
7 January – St John’s Day, or Ivanovden
17 January – St Anthony’s Day, or Antonovden
18 January – St Anastasius’s Day, or Atanasovden
21 May – Sts Constantine and Helena Day, or Konstantin i Elena
29 June – St Peter’s Day, or Petrovden
20 July – St Elijah’s Day, or Ilinden15 August – Day of the Holy Mother, or Bogoroditsa
17 September – Faith, Hope and Love Day, or Vyara, Nadezhda, Lyubov
26 October – St James’s Day, or Dimitrovden
30 November – St Andrew’s Day, or Andreevden
6 December – St Nicholas’s Day, or Nikulden
25 December – Christmas, or Koleda
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