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Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, also Nativity of the Virgin, Little Virgin or Rozhen is a church holiday dedicated to the birth of the Virgin.



In the calendar of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, the holiday is celebrated every year on September 8, in the calendar of the Macedonian Orthodox Church and other Eastern Orthodox churches according to the old calendar, the holiday is celebrated on September 21.



Nativity of the Virgin Mary is one of the three major holidays in the Eastern Orthodox calendar dedicated to the Mother of God, the holiday is also among the 12 largest religious holidays in the church calendar.

We celebrate the memory of the holy martyrs Romil and Eudoxius



According to Bulgarian traditions, the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary is celebrated mainly by women, so that the Virgin Mary helps them in times of trouble or hard work.

Malka Bogoroditsa is one of the most popular holidays, on which annual assemblies are held all over Bulgaria.

A number of churches and monasteries celebrate a patron holiday on this very day.

According to customs, the housewife prepares a holiday pie. She should not sew and weave so that the children in the home do not get sick.

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