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Today, this holiday is celebrated every year on 24 May and is an official holiday of Bulgaria since 1990. [1] 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 ...
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See Liberation of Bulgaria. 1 May: Labour Day: Ден на труда и на международната работническа солидарност 6 May: Saint George's Day: Гергьовден, ден на храбростта и Българската армия See Armed Forces Day. 24 May
8 March – The first confirmed cases of COVID-19 are reported in the country: a 27-year-old man from Pleven and a 75-year-old woman from Gabrovo. [7]11 March – A 66-year-old woman from Lom tested positive for COVID-19 and died, becoming the first victim of the virus in the country.
St Georges Day was officially pronounced as the Day of the Bulgarian Army in 1880. The date was set for April 23, and from 1916, due to the transition from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church decided to celebrate the holiday on May 6. [3] [4] [5] Bravery Day celebrations in 1923.
12 December – The European Union grants Bulgaria and Romania full entry to the Schengen Area beginning in 2025. [14] 15 December – Authorities seize 190 kilograms of cocaine valued at $7 million from a cargo ship that had docked in the port of Burgas from Peru. [15] 20 December – One person is killed in an avalanche in the Pirin. [16]
May 24 is the 144th day of the year (145th in leap years) ... 1936 – Harold Budd, American composer and poet (d. 2020) 1937 – Maryvonne Dupureur, ...
1 January – New Year's Day; 3 March – Liberation Day; 18 April – Orthodox Good Friday; 19–21 April – Orthodox Easter; 1 May – Labour Day; 6 May – Armed Forces Day and Saint George's Day; 24 May – Bulgarian Education and Culture, and Slavic Script Day; 6 September – Unification Day; 22 September – Independence Day