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Bulgarian Orthodox Christians to celebrate Palm Sunday on March 28
Photo: Julia Lazarova
Photo: Georgi Kozhouharov
Photo: Georgi Kozhouharov
Photo: Nadezhda Chipeva
Passersby near churches in Bulgaria on March 28 2010 will see one of the more colourful sights in the church calendar as Bulgarian Orthodox Christians don crowns woven from willow branches in celebration of Palm Sunday.
Palm Sunday, known in Bulgarian as Tsvetnitsa (Цветница) or Vrubnitsa (Връбница) will this year be shared, albeit according to different rituals, with the world’s Protestants and Roman Catholics because 2010 sees the Western and Eastern church calendars place Easter on the same date, April 4.
Palm Sunday commemorates the event in the Christian story in which Jesus entered Jerusalem and was greeted by people waving palm fronds.
In Bulgarian Orthodox Christian tradition, the fasting rules also change, to allow the faithful to eat fish, a change from the Lent rules ahead of Easter that require abstention from all meats.
Churches tend to be crowded, with worshippers queuing for willow branches before entering. The willow branches are worn as crowns by girls, but latterly often boys as well, and women.
Vrubnitsa, which may be translated as Flower Day, has links to the symbolism of resurrection, as spring arrives in the northern hemisphere. In Bulgaria, it is the Name Day for people with names derived from flowers, for example: Violeta, Tsvetelina, Lillia, Yavor, Yassen, Roza, Iglika, Latinka, Margarita, Temenuga, Karamfila, Zdravko, Kameila, Zjumbjul, Nevena. Hence flowers are given as Name Day gifts.
Palm Sunday, known in Bulgarian as Tsvetnitsa (Цветница) or Vrubnitsa (Връбница) will this year be shared, albeit according to different rituals, with the world’s Protestants and Roman Catholics because 2010 sees the Western and Eastern church calendars place Easter on the same date, April 4.
Palm Sunday commemorates the event in the Christian story in which Jesus entered Jerusalem and was greeted by people waving palm fronds.
In Bulgarian Orthodox Christian tradition, the fasting rules also change, to allow the faithful to eat fish, a change from the Lent rules ahead of Easter that require abstention from all meats.
Churches tend to be crowded, with worshippers queuing for willow branches before entering. The willow branches are worn as crowns by girls, but latterly often boys as well, and women.
Vrubnitsa, which may be translated as Flower Day, has links to the symbolism of resurrection, as spring arrives in the northern hemisphere. In Bulgaria, it is the Name Day for people with names derived from flowers, for example: Violeta, Tsvetelina, Lillia, Yavor, Yassen, Roza, Iglika, Latinka, Margarita, Temenuga, Karamfila, Zdravko, Kameila, Zjumbjul, Nevena. Hence flowers are given as Name Day gifts.
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