In Bulgaria, St Lazarus' Day Customs Celebrate Spring Awakening, Youth and Love

Lyubomir Gigov

Fifty-seven girls from Gabrovo, Dryanovo and Tryavna performed the Lazaruvane ritual at the Etar Open-Air Ethnographic Museum near Gabrovo (Central Bulgaria), April 8, 2023 (BTA Photo)

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08.04.2023 17:23

(BTA)

In Bulgaria, St Lazarus' Day is celebrated on the Saturday before Palm Sunday, a week before the Orthodox Easter. In 2023 it falls on April 8. In rural patriarchal practices, the occasion is marked by Lazaruvane.

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