01.03.2025
Baba Marta (Grandma Marta)
March 1, or as the Bulgarian call it Baba Marta (Grandma Marta), is one of the most popular and unique Bulgarian feasts, related to a very special ritual. On this day people give each other a special amulet – the so-called martenitsa, wishing each other health, strength, longevity, and fertility all through the coming year. Martenitsa is usually made of two interwoven threads – a red one and a white one. In some regions of Bulgaria, the threads are only red, and in others – they are in many colors, but the dominant color is the red. In the traditional folk beliefs, the red color symbolizes the power of the sun, which gives energy and life to every being. On the day of the feast, everybody wears martenitsa on their clothes, or around their wrists. They wear the amulets until they see a stork or a tree in bloom.

03.03.2026
March 3 - National Holiday of Bulgaria
On March 3, 1878 the treaty which liberated Bulgaria from the Ottoman yoke was signed.

08.03.2026
International Women's Day
On March 8 is marked International Women's Day which is celebrated under the auspices of the United Nations. For the first time the feast of the woman is made of 28 February, 1909 in the USA. A year later, a conference in Copenhagen one hundred women from 17 countries decide to have their international day. In 1911 the feast of female solidarity is already celebrated in Austria, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland and Bulgaria.

09.03.2026
REFA-basic course has started in Sofia
The basic REFA qualification course on the topic: "Organization and management of the company and optimization of production processes" has started, which will be held from March 9, 2026. The course is held in two modules. Each module consists of 80 study hours (8 study hours per day of 45 minutes). Those who successfully pass the final exams receive an internationally recognized REFA-certificate. More information about the training at www.refa.bia-bg.com

20.03.2026
Day of the vernal equinox
March 20 is the day of the vernal equinox, known to us as the "First Spring". The day is equal to night. On this day the Sun in its apparent motion on the ecliptic intersects the spring equinoctial point and the southern celestial hemisphere passes in the north. According to the calendar in a certain way turns ordinary years, 365 days and 366 days in leap in which the additional 29 February offset the accumulated difference. This is done for convenience, but is why the date of the vernal equinox is different each year - varies between March 20, 21 or March 22 for the northern hemisphere. Calendar date depends on how many years have passed since the last leap.

29.03.2026
Daylight Saving Time in Bulgaria
At 3.00 hours on 29 March Bulgaria goes to summer time. Clocks are moved ahead 1 hour and then will be 4.00 hours.

08.04.2026
34 years since the first public trading session in Bulgaria
Sofia Stock Exchange held the first public trading session in the new economic history of Bulgaria on April 8, 1992.

12.04.2026
Easter - the biggest holiday in orthodox Christian beliefs
This is the biggest holiday in Orthodox Christian beliefs. According to them, Jesus Christ predicted he would be crucified and would rise from the dead in three days. And when, on the third day after his funeral, Mary Magdalene went to his tomb, Jesus’s body was missing. Christ had risen. Each year, Easter is celebrated for three days and is related to may interesting and original rituals and traditions. One of them is the coloring of eggs, which are colored on Holy Thursday after the Divine Liturgy. The first egg is always red. Why? According to one of the legends, Mary Magdalene, which was healed from the bad spirits by Jesus, first saw him after he rose from the dead. She starting traveling around the world telling people about the miracle. When she arrived in Rome, she went to the palace of the emperor Tiberius. At that time people had to bring presents to the emperor, but Mary was very poor, so her gift was an egg. She gave to to Tiberius saying “Christ is Risen!” The emperor did not believe her and told her” How could anyone rise from the dead? This cannot happen, just as this white egg cannot become red.” While Tiberius was saying these words, the color of the egg Mary Magdalene was holding started to change into red. Since then, on Easter Christians color eggs in red and greet each other with the words “Christ is Risen”, to which the answer is “Indeed He is Risen!”.

15.04.2026
Celebration "112 years of the establishment of a stock exchange in Bulgaria"
On April 15, 1914 by decree ¹ 7 of King Ferdinand I to allow the formation of the Sofia Stock Exchange

01.05.2026
Official Holiday
May 1 - Labour Day - a public holiday in the Republic of Bulgaria.

06.05.2026
St. George's Day - Day of Bulgarian Army
May 6, is the Day of Bulgarian Army - St. George's Day. is official holiday in Bulgaria. One of the most respected saints in Bulgaria is Saint George. The great Christian martyr St. George lived in the province of the near East called Cappadocia under the government of the Roman emperor Diocletian (284-305). When very young he became a soldier to discharge his military duties. At the age of 20 he became a tribune. Because of his complete dedication to the Christian faith he was imprisoned and decapitated. According to the story of his life a dragon had appeared near the place where he died and devastated it. The saint killed the monster with his spear. Since then he has been one of the most famous soldiers of the Christian faith and he has been chosen to be the Defender of Bulgarian army. For the Bulgarians St. George's day is one of the most solemn holidays which mark the beginning of the summer. It is also the holiday of the Bulgarian army and of the agriculturists. St. George is sung with great affection and reverence in our songs as a "handsome" and "courageous" hero.St. George is also patron of farmers. On the day preceding the day of St. George the peasants used to plant a beech bough, into leaf, in the middle of their fields, in order to make the wheat grow high and, in general, have rich crops. At the door of each house, beech twigs, blossoming hawthorn, lilac or other bushes in flower were fixed. On St. George's Day the housewives stuck green branches to the fountains and the wells and dropped stalks of nettle in the water cauldrons - for good health. St. George's Day is also the festival of cattle breeders. Traditionally, on this day shepherds would take a lamb, with a wreath on its little horns, to the churchyard. The priest would say a solemn prayer for the health of both humans and animals, and for a rich harvest. It was a custom for each household to have roasted lamb or some other lamb dish on its St. George's Day table. St. George’s Day is also the name day of everyone called George.

09.05.2026
81 years since the victory over Hitler fascism
On May 9, 1945 in Berlin signed surrender of Germany to the USSR by Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, Colonel General Hans-J?rgen Stumpf and Admiral Hans-Georg von Frideburg. Soviet Marshal Georgy Zhukov signed by Stalin and British Marshal Tedder on behalf of Dwight Eisenhower. This day is celebrated as the Day of victory over Hitler's fascism.

24.05.2026
May 24 is an official holiday in Bulgaria
May 24 is the official holiday of Bulgarian Culture. This is St.St Cyril and Methodius and Slavic Alphabet Day

01.06.2026
International Children's Day
International Children's Day is celebrated for the first time in 1927 - the second Sunday after Easter Sunday on mironostsite. Conceived and launched by the Union for the Protection of Children in Bulgaria, it is guided by the Supreme Committee chaired by Bishop Stefan. Were created thousands of dining, children's camps and summer resorts in the monasteries. Celebrated it with literary programs and children's activities. After the 1950 day is proclaimed on June 1, marking International Children's Day.

11.06.2026
Professional holiday of economists in Bulgaria
The Day of the Economist is celebrated on June 11, 2005 by a decision of the Council of Ministers on the occasion of the 110th anniversary of the establishment (1895) of the first Bulgarian Economic Society in Bulgaria, renamed in 1990 to the Union of Economists in Bulgaria. The scientific society, founded in 1895, contributed to the creation of a liberated Bulgaria and continuously participates in the construction of a modern and European Bulgaria. A whole galaxy of famous Bulgarians have been members of the society, it has given Bulgaria a series of prime ministers, ministers, academics. Its members were even such proven masters of the pen as Ivan Vazov and Aleko Konstantinov.