PERNIK REGION
   TRADITIONAL RITES AND FEASTS
   Traditional Celebration of Ecclesiastical and Popular Orthodox Feasts
 
   




Survakari (New Year Men’s Ritual Group)

2000. Photo Angelin Nikolov

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
in this category 
 the village of Kossacha, Kovachevtsi municipality
 the village of Sirishtnik, Kovachevtsi municipality
 the village of Svetla, Kovachevtsi municipality
 the village of Breznik, Breznik municipality
 the village of Kalishte, Kovachevtsi municipality
2024 January
Velikden; Easter (changing)1
Sv. Jeremiah; Snakes’ Day1
Svetal Ponedelnik; The Holy Monday (changing)2
Liatna Sv. Petka; Summer’s St. Petka2
Svetla Sriada; The Holy Wednesday (changing)4
Svetli Chetvartak; The Holy Thursday (changing)5
Svetli petak; The Light Friday (changing)6
Gergyovden; St. George’s Day6
Svetla Sabota; The Light Saturday (changing)7
Tomina nedelya; St. Thoma’s Day (changing)8
Sofinden; St. Sophia’s Day (changing)9
Leten Nikulden; Summer St. Nicholas’ Day9
St. German; German12
Sveti Konstantin i Elena; Sts. Constantine and Elena21
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