Bulgaria, situated in the eastern Balkans, has been undergoing a slow and painful transition to a market economy since the ...

Today, Bulgaria celebrates Epiphany, one of the most significant Christian holidays, marked with solemn church services across the country ... blessing of battle flags and sacred banners.

A predominantly Slavonic-speaking, Orthodox Christian country, Bulgaria was the birthplace of the Cyrillic alphabet, which was created there towards the end of the 9th Century. It was long ...