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For the fourth 12 months in a row, May 24 is well known underneath the brand new identify of the vacation – Day of the holy brothers Cyril and Methodius, of the Bulgarian alphabet, training and tradition, and of Slavic literature.
Various processions will move via the streets of many Bulgarian cities at this time, and native municipalities are organizing concert events, vacation packages for kids and adults and open-air performances, literary readings.
Sofia
In the capital, the official program will start with the standard festive procession. It leaves at 10:30 a.m. from the sq. in entrance of the National Archaeological Museum, continues alongside “Tsar Osvoboditel” Blvd. and “Vasil Levski” Blvd. to achieve the “St. St. Cyril and Methodius” National Library, the place in entrance of the monument of the Holy Brothers at 11:00 a.m. the ceremony begins, studies the Metropolitan Municipality. The presenter would be the actress Silvia Lulcheva, and the Guards Representative Brass Orchestra, the choir of the National Music School “Lyubomir Pipkov” with conductor maestro Slavil Dimitrov, and the actress Eli Skorcheva will take part in this system.
Philosopher and author Toni Nikolov will ship a solemn speech for the vacation. Special visitors can be Dimitar Berbatov and sixty of the proficient kids from his basis, winners of quite a few awards within the fields of science, arts and sports activities.
Free entry to museums and galleries
Entrance to municipal museums and galleries on the territory of Sofia can be free. Exhibition “Peter Beron. 200 years because the publication of the “Fish Primer” can be offered within the City Garden. It has been ready by the Central Library of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS).
On the event of the vacation, the “Let’s Read” initiative will remodel Slaveykov Square right into a non-standard cultural scene with a wealthy program of literary, instructional and cultural occasions that begin at 11:00 a.m. and can proceed till 8:00 p.m.
“Excerpts from emblematic Bulgarian works will sound on the sq., superbly learn by favourite actors, a kids’s studying comprehension competitors can be held, there can be conferences with up to date Bulgarian authors, literary readings, a ebook market, literary excursions, artwork installations impressed by the Bulgarian phrase, a kids’s choir efficiency, a mailbox for Bulgarian fairy tales, inventive video games and actions for the viewers, growing writing and creativity abilities,” the Metropolitan Municipality states on its web site.
It will formally be at this time The Spring Book Fair was additionally opened. The tents will once more be positioned within the alleys across the fountains in entrance of the National Palace of Culture. See particulars right here.
Municipal cultural institutes and regional administrations have additionally ready varied cultural occasions to honor the Day of the Holy Brothers Cyril and Methodius. See this system right here.
The awarding ceremony will happen within the “Bulgarian Army” Theater Asker Awards for contribution to theater artwork, which is historically featured within the Cultural Events Calendar of the Metropolitan Municipality.
Plovdiv
The celebration of the vacation in Plovdiv historically begins at 9:00 a.m. on May 11 Square in entrance of the “St. St. Cyril and Methodius” Cathedral, the place the monument to the Holy Brothers is positioned.
From 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. within the Assembly Hall of the highschool, there’s the ceremony of awarding the “Honorary Badge of the City of Plovdiv” to deserving academics, principals and different pedagogical specialists from the Plovdiv colleges and kindergartens and awarding diplomas to younger academics.
At the identical time, from 9:00 a.m. to 9:55 a.m., there can be a Festive Liturgy within the “St. St. Cyril and Methodius” church, which can be celebrated by His Eminence Metropolitan Nikolay of Plovdiv, the web site of the Municipality studies. Precisely at 10:00 a.m., the doorways of the temple open and the officers and visitors, led by the monks, head to the “May 11” sq.. The celebration begins with the anthem of Bulgaria. And at 10:20 a.m., the Metropolitan of Plovdiv, Nikolay, will supply a festive prayer service. At 10:45 a.m., the procession to Central Square begins, and a festive program, together with concert events by native choirs, will accompany the motion alongside the deliberate route.
At 18:00 the group “Tangra” will carry out on the open stage in entrance of the Municipality of Plovdiv on “Stefan Stambolov” sq., the doorway is free.
Varna
On May 24, the festive program begins at 10:00 a.m. at St. Cyril and Methodius Square, the place the Bulgarian flag can be raised. A folklore composition is deliberate with the participation of over 700 kids from colleges, group facilities and folklore ensembles.
This 12 months, 121 blocks with representatives of kindergartens, colleges, universities, cultural and scientific institutes will take part within the festive procession. Traditionally, college students and academics from “St. St. Cyril and Methodius” Primary School, who have fun their patron saint’s day on today, will take second place. The procession will transfer in two parallel columns within the separate lanes of “Maria Luisa” Blvd. to the intersection with “Slivnitsa” Blvd. After that, a part of the blocks will proceed alongside “Osmi Primorski Polk” Blvd., and one other – alongside “Slivnitsa” Blvd.
At 1:00 p.m. on the entrance to the Sea Garden, a festive dance will happen with the participation of the “Varna” folklore ensemble.
Burgas
The festive procession in Burgas will go away at 10:30 a.m. with the route: “Troikata” sq. – “Aleksandrovska” road – “Aleko Bogoridi” road – Balustrade to “Morsko Casino” Cultural Center. It will embody colleges, kindergartens, representatives of Burgas clergy, group facilities and cultural establishments.
At 11:00 a.m. on the “Snail” open stage, residents and guests of Burgas will be capable of take pleasure in a solemn live performance “Language sacred to my ancestors”. The conventional exhibition of Burgas artists “May 24” can be opened on the Society of Artists in Burgas at 22 Aleksandrovska Street from 12:00 p.m. and the “Young Artist of the Year” award can be offered.
Veliko Tarnovo
The celebrations on the event of May 24 in Veliko Tarnovo start at 10:30 a.m., when an enormous procession with hundreds of youngsters, schoolchildren, academics, college students, lecturers, members of the general public, and so on., units off from the “Velchova Zavera” sq., which is able to move via the town streets.
The procession will arrive in entrance of the Municipality at 11:15 a.m., the place there can be festive phrases, a blessing, the presentation of the May 24 Award for an excellent highschool senior and a live performance by Vela Blagoeva University.
At 9:30 p.m., the audiovisual present “Tsarevgrad Tarnov – Sound and Light” can be broadcast on “Tsar Asen I” Square.
Stara Zagora
The solemn celebration in Stara Zagora will start at 10:00 a.m. with a ritual for the elevating of the National Flag of Bulgaria and a prayer supplied by Metropolitan Cyprian of Stara Zagora. The festive procession begins at 10:30 a.m., from the sq. in entrance of the Municipality on “Tsar Simeon the Great” Blvd.
A live performance of youngsters’s folklore, dance and singing formations from the group facilities of Stara Zagora Municipality will fill the sq. at 12.00.
From 6:00 p.m., the Art Gallery is organizing a piano live performance by Prof. Zheni Zaharieva with commentary and works by L. Beethoven, R. Schumann, J. Brahms, Clara Schumann, F. Chopin and others. See the detailed program right here.
Gabrovo, Sevlievo, Tryavna
In Gabrovo, the celebrations will start with a solemn prayer within the “Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary” church, and later there can be a liturgy procession from the “Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary” church to the monument of Vasil Aprilov and the providing of flowers. The solemn procession of the Gabrovo kindergartens and colleges, Technical University, instructional and cultural establishments and citizenship follows.
The municipality of Sevlievo has ready a vacation program that may begin within the morning at Svoboda Square. There may even be an official award ceremony for excellent college students, academics and cultural figures from the world.
Tryavna will have fun the “Festival of Letters” with a faculty celebration within the yard of “Petko R. Slaveykov” Secondary School, the mayor of Tryavna, Dencho Minev, will ship a congratulation. There can be a festive procession with the participation of instructional and youngsters’s establishments within the municipality, later a festive live performance will happen. At midday, pedagogical specialists can be awarded for his or her contribution to the event of training and elevating the authority of the Municipality of Tryavna, then there can be folklore enjoyable with people people on the megdan.
In Dryanovo, this system begins with the standard procession, which incorporates lots of of scholars, academics, cultural figures and residents. The departure can be from the monument of grasp Kolyu Ficheto, will move alongside the principle road “Shipka” and finish at “Largoto” sq..
