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St. John of Rila in Chicago, (Bulgarian: Църква Свети Иван Рилски, romanized: 'Tsurkva Sveti Ivan Rilski') is a historic church of the Orthodox Church of America located in Chicago, Illinois. It is considered to be one of the most aesthetically noteworthy churches in the Portage Park area of Chicago.
One such theory connects them to the masquerades of the ancient Roman winter festival of Bacchanalia, and earlier the Greek Dionysia. [ citation needed ] During the drunken, orgiastic parts of the festivals, people wearing masks, hidden under costumes in bestial shapes yet still appearing humanoid, may have made an exceptional impression on the ...
The Bulgarian and Greek villages perform a unique annual ritual cycle, which begins on May 21 and ends on May 23 every year. The central figures of the tradition are Saint Constantine and Saint Helen, but all the significant days in this cycle coincide with important days in the Greek Orthodox calendar and are related to various Christian saints.
The Bulgar calendar was a solar calendar system used by the Bulgars, originally from Central Asia, who from the 4th century onwards dwelt in the Eurasian steppes north of the Caucasus and around the banks of river Volga. In 681, part of the Bulgars settled in the Balkan peninsula and established First Bulgarian Empire.
In 2020, the name was changed to Day of the Holy Brothers Cyril and Methodius, of the Bulgarian alphabet, education and culture and of the Slavonic literature. Cyril and Methodius had been saints since the 9th century , and the commemoration of their saint's day had been celebrated in Bulgaria since the 12th century.
The top award was originally called the Special Award of the Festival, but in 1963 the name was changed to "Golden Rose". [6] It is also referred to as the Grand Prix. [8] A statuette for the Golden Rose was designed by sculptor Vezhdi Rashidov. [6] As of 2016, the festival has ten awards determined by its jury, and five other awards: [10]
The Slavic names of the months have been preserved by a number of Slavic people in a variety of languages. The conventional month names in some of these languages are mixed, including names which show the influence of the Germanic calendar (particularly Slovene, Sorbian, and Polabian) [1] or names which are borrowed from the Gregorian calendar (particularly Polish and Kashubian), but they have ...
The festival is organised by The municipality of Kavarna and Loud Concerts and here's the lineup: [12] [13] [14] 23 July - Tarja, Doro, Epica, Leaves' Eyes, Atrocity 24 July - Destruction, Sodom, Kreator, Korpiklaani 25 July - Accept, Primal Fear, Annihilator, Voivod. The official festival radio of Kavarna Rock Fest 2010 was radio Tangra.