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

Velikden

May 21 - Fire Dancing

May 24 - Slavic Alphabet & Culture Day

June 24 - Enyov’s Day

December 6 - Nikulden

December 20 - Ignazhden

December 25 - Koleda

Other

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