#name days
Understanding Bulgarian Name Days: A Guide for Friends and Colleagues
In Bulgaria, celebrating the day of your saint is as important as your birthday. Here's how to navigate this charming tradition and join in the festivities.
A Guide to Bulgarian Name Days: Celebrating Your Saint's Day
In Bulgaria, your name day often matters more than your birthday. Learn how the tradition of imen den works and how to take part with confidence.
Dimitrovden: Bulgaria's Autumn Feast of St. Demetrius and the Turning Season
Every 26 October, Bulgarians mark Dimitrovden, a day woven from Orthodox faith, folk custom and the closing of the agricultural year. It is the feast of St. Demetrius, a major name day, and a moment to welcome winter with ritual and feasting.
Tsvetnitsa: Bulgaria's Palm Sunday of Flowers and Name Days
On the Sunday before Easter, Bulgarians celebrate Tsvetnitsa with willow branches, flower crowns and a flood of name days for everyone named after a bloom.
Name Days in Bulgaria: How Bulgarians Celebrate Their Saints
Bulgarians mark not only birthdays but also the feast days of the saints they are named after. Here is what a name day involves and how to join in gracefully.
How to Enjoy Bulgaria's Name Days, the Celebrations That Often Outshine Birthdays
In Bulgaria, name days (imen den) are a warm, everyday tradition. Here is how they work, what to bring and how to join in without feeling out of place.