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January 17 is the day of St. Anthony the Great in Bulgaria. Though he is not a Bulgarian saint, Bulgarians respect and honor St. Anthony.
St. Anthony the Great was born in the middle of the 3rd century in a Christian family in Egypt. When he turned 20, the saint decided to give up social life and donated all of his property to the poor. In the coming 20 years, Anthony lived in isolation in the desert.
The saint died when he was 105-year old.
Bulgarian folk present St. Anthony and St. Anastasius as twin brothers or a craftsman and his student.
Blacksmiths celebrate on January 17. People refrain from working on that day so that they could be protected from diseases. The only work that women do is the preparation of bread early in the morning.
Beans and lentils are not cooked on that day, since people believed these were connected to plague and measles.
January 17 is the name day of people called Anton, Andon and Doncho.
St. Anthony the Great was born in the middle of the 3rd century in a Christian family in Egypt. When he turned 20, the saint decided to give up social life and donated all of his property to the poor. In the coming 20 years, Anthony lived in isolation in the desert.
The saint died when he was 105-year old.
Bulgarian folk present St. Anthony and St. Anastasius as twin brothers or a craftsman and his student.
Blacksmiths celebrate on January 17. People refrain from working on that day so that they could be protected from diseases. The only work that women do is the preparation of bread early in the morning.
Beans and lentils are not cooked on that day, since people believed these were connected to plague and measles.
January 17 is the name day of people called Anton, Andon and Doncho.
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