Today is the nice spring holiday Tsvetnitsa, also called Vrabnitsa. On this day, people go to the festive church mass and return with willow branches, which they hang on the front doors of their homes for health and luck. Like last year, so this year because of the pandemic, the twigs will be distributed in front of the churches. health authorities strongly recommend that the faithful do not kiss the icons and keep their distance inside the temple.
107 Bulgarian names come from the names of flowers, trees and other plants and all who bear them are celebrating today.
Palm Sunday is the day on which Jesus Christ enters Jerusalem, riding a white donkey. The people welcome him as a king and a saint, because the glory of his miracles precedes him – they spread their clothes on his path and throw branches from the trees, shout “Hosanna”.
Jesus resurrected Lazarus very soon, and after that miracle the “mustard” seed of faith began to grow.
The son of God knows that when he enters Jerusalem, the last days of his life on earth will begin to count.
Usually on Tsvetnitsa the last Lazarus custom is performed – the “kumichene”.
Before lunch, all lazarkas head to the river together. Each maiden carries with her a bouquet of flowers, a willow wreath, or a small loaf of bread called a “doll.” The girl whose wreath or bread is carried away from the water the fastest and comes out first is chosen as the “godmother” or “godmother” of the lazarkas. From that moment on, she became an object of special respect and reverence from the other girls.
They celebrate on Palm Sunday Biliana, Beliana, Peony; Violeta, Verba, Verban, Verbinka, Veneta, Ventsislav, Vanessa; Gergin, Gergina, Grozdan, Grozdanka; Dahlia, Dafina, Dafinka, Delia, Dilyan, Dilyana, Delyan, Delyana, Dinka, Detelin, Detelina; Elitsa, Ella, Evelina; Jasmine, Jasmine; Zdravko, Zdravka, Hyacinth, Hyacinth; Iva, Iglika; Kalina, Kalin, Ladybug, Carnation, Carnation, Carnation, Bunch, Camellia, Chestnut, Calla; Latin, Latinka, Lily, Lila, Lilia, Liliana, Lyuliana, Laura, Limonka; Margarita, Margarita, Daisy, Magnolia, Malina, Malin; Neva, Neven, Nevena, Forget-me-not, Nana; Petunia, Paulina; Ralitsa, Rosa, Rosalina, Roxana, Rosen, Rositsa; Smilyan, Smilyana, Siyana; Violet, Violet, Trendafil, Trendafila, Trendafilka; Fidan, Fidanka; Tsveta, Tsvetan, Tsvetana, Tsvetanka, Tsvetelin, Tsvetelina, Tsvetomir, Tsvetomira, Tsvetoslav, Tsvetoslava, Tsvetko, Tsvetka, Tsvetin, Tsvetina; Cherry; Sycamore, Sycamore, Strawberry, Ash, Ash, Yasenka, Yasmin, Yasmina.