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Holy Cross Day- The Universal Exaltation of the Precious and Life Giving Cross

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church celebrates the Exaltation of the Holy Cross four times a year – on the 3rd Sunday of the Great Lent (the Veneration of the Cross), on Good Friday, on August 1 and on September 14.

The feast celebrates several events - Constantine the Great's Vision of the Cross, the finding of the Cross and its return to Jerusalem from Persia after a 14-year captivity.

Bulgarians believe that on this day the day and the night are of equal length and that it marks the beginning of autumn – the weather becomes cooler and people start preparing for winter. On September 14 is also the day of the Bulgarian firefighters.

Religious Holidays

Friday 14 September 2018