 Baba Vanga, born Vangelia Goushterova, (31 January 1911 - 11 August 1996) was a famous Bulgarian prophet that lived in the Rupite area in Rila Mountain, Bulgaria. Today many people know about Vanga, the Bulgarian prophet. Her gift is even in her name, which makes many wonder: translated from Greek, Vangelia means Herald of the Blessed Word. Vanga, truly, how was written in one newspaper, is ?the most fantastic reality and the most enigmatic truth...
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 Mikhail Gerdzhikov was born on January 26th, 1877, in Plovdiv. He studied at the French College, where he received the nick-name Michelle. As a student there he started his revolutionary activities as the leader of a secret Macedonian revolutionary committee. Then he studied in Switzerland (Lozana and Geneva), where he made close connections with the revolutionary immigration. In 1899 he comes back to Bulgaria as a teacher in Bitola and becomes a...
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January 17, 2007 Name day of everyone named Anton (meaning priceless in Latin), Antonia, Antoanneta, Antoan, Andon, Doncho, Donka, Donna, Donny, Donyo, Tonyo, Tony. People celebrate this day and are forbidden to work as a protection against the plague. Young brides get up at dawn and bake breads called `choumini` (meaning `of plague`). They spread honey on them ?to please the old lady, the Plague?, and give them away around the neighbourhood for t...
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The modern Bulgarians are descendants of many different ancient peoples, says Ivo Kremenski Professor Ivo Kremenski is a person who knows a lot about the genes of the Bulgarian people. He heads the National Laboratory of Genetics, where recently an international team has discovered the reason for the hereditary atrophy of the peripheral nervous system. We asked Prof. Kremenski questions about the genetically predetermined diseases, about the orig...
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London Museum apologizes to Bulgaria for the blunder with the "Macedonian" inscription   British Museum officials apologized to the Bulgarian Embassy in London and changed the scandalous inscription under the Tetraevalgelia of VidinPhoto: Archives of StandartDo you remember how grandfather Liben, the character of Bulgarian writer Lyuben Karavelov, takes the mickey out of the citizens of the British Islands: "These are the oddest people on earth. I ...
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Name day of everyone named Anastasia, Asya, Natasha. St. Anastasia was a Roman lady of noble descent. Her father was an opulent and noble pagan; but her mother, who was a Christian, caused her to be baptized in her infancy, and secretly reared her in sentiments of Christian piety, in which she made great progress. St. Anastasia had been married to a noble Roman, named Publius, who was a pagan; he loved his wife much, but havin... |
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Blood tests from a hundred Libyan children prove the HIV infection took place before the Bulgarian nurses arrived in Benghazi; nobody from Sofia has approached us on the new research data, says Prof Vittorio Colizzi
Professor Vittorio Colizzi is an Italian virologist and one of the most eminent HIV/AIDS researchers in Europe. He directs the Immunochemical and Molecular Pathology laboratory in the biology department of Tor Vergata University in Ro...
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ST. SAVA (also: St. Savva or St. Sabbas the Sanctified)by MacBesT on 05 December 2006, 05:29 AM Categories : Cultural Events - Notable Persons - News - History - Things to know
Tags : church , religion , ST. SAVA , St. Savva , St. Sabbas the Sanctified , Sava , Slavka , Slav , Vladislav , Slavi December 05, 2006
Name day of everyone named Sava, Slavka, Slav, Vladislav, Slavi. The name Sava come... |
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 Bulgaria's volleyball internationals made whole of Bulgaria shed happy tears. Bulgaria showed an excellence performance at the World Championship in Japan and deservedly won the bronze medals. Bulgaria beat Serbia and Montenegro 3-1 in the match for the 3rd place. A day after the lost semi-final vs Poland, Bulgaria's internationals showed exceptional stamina and verve and they were unmistakable in the so called "small final". Bulgarians living i...
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November 30, 2006 Name day of everyone named Andrey, Andriana (the name has the meaning "masculine", therefore "strong"). The Holy Apostle Andrew, the First-Called, was the first of the Apostles to follow Christ, and he later brought his own brother, the holy Apostle Peter, to Christ. The future apostle was from Bethsaida, and from the time of his youth he turned with all his soul to God. He did ...
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