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Orthodox Easter (Velikden)

Bulgaria's biggest religious holiday: Easter Sunday is 2 May 2027, with public holidays from Good Friday to Easter Monday.

30 Apr 2027 – 3 May 2027Across Bulgaria
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Orthodox Easter falls on 2 May in 2027, with public holidays from Good Friday (30 April) to Easter Monday (3 May). Join the midnight service on Saturday night, when people light candles and greet each other with 'Hristos voskrese'. Families crack dyed eggs and eat sweet kozunak bread.

Photo: Dimitǎr Boevski, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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