Christmas In Bulgaria

It celebrates jesus birth.

Christmas in bulgaria. However sofia the capital city has the most famous one which is known as kolidariya it s held in borisova gradina park each year from the end of november until january 7. It is a day off for the general population and schools and most businesses are closed. Christmas day in bulgaria. Christmas eve meal from bulgaria.

It is an essential festival for catholic people usually celebrated all over the world on 25th of december the festival is coming and people are so excited about the celebration of christmas in bulgaria. But generally the bulgarian christmas looks like that. This actually was the case until the 1960s when the communist government decided that christmas should be celebrated on december 25th. Also in the last decades some western traditions came into the bulgarian culture.

Christmas day on december 25 is one of the most festive christian holidays in many countries around the world. The german style christmas market in sofia. Christmas day is a public holiday. The christmas time in bulgaria is the time most full of traditions and rituals.

On this day no meats are consumed and the meals are vegetarian. The meal should traditionally have an odd number of dishes in it normally 7 9 or 11 and an odd number of people sitting around the table. But do you know why on christmas eve in bulgaria you will find either 7 9 or 12 different dishes. Some of the typical bulgarian rituals are very ancient and are not practiced nowadays.

Christmas eve in bulgaria bulgarian christmas eve is celebrated with a feast consisting of an odd number of dishes leading upto the forty days advent fast. Christmas eve called budni vecher is a very important day and the main christmas meal is eaten in the evening of christmas eve. Christmas is a festival of love and togetherness usually celebrated with friends and relatives. Christmas eve christmas eve bulgarian traditions culture.

The german christmas market is a small christmas street with wooden stalls handmade gifts charity exhibitions mulled wine and german food. Bulgaria s orthodox church follows the gregorian calendar which means its religious observances are in keeping. It is located between the national art gallery and the national theater making it the perfect pit stop to recharge on a day of sightseeing. Is christmas day a public holiday.

German christmas market sofia bulgaria. Bulgarians celebrate christmas on the same day americans do dec. The old tradition christmas or koleda. Bulgaria s markets are not the most famous in europe.

I guess you ve heard about the christmas markets in europe the red wine the hand made decorations the music lights and the traditional food.