The Day of the Christian Family: Bulgaria Honors the Presentation of the Virgin Mary

On November 21, the Orthodox Church marks the Presentation of the Virgin Mary, a date that in Bulgaria is also observed as the Day of the Christian Family and Youth. The feast recalls the moment when the Virgin Mary, at the age of three, was taken by her parents Joachim and Anna to the Jerusalem Temple. They fulfilled a promise they had made before her birth, dedicating their daughter to God in a solemn act deeply rooted in early Christian tradition.

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