site.btaBulgaria Marks Important Anniversaries on Friday

Bulgaria marks major historical anniversaries today, May 2.

A national gathering will be held in the Oborishte area near Panagyurishte to commemorate the outbreak of the 1876 April Uprising of the Bulgarians against Ottoman rule. The decision for the premature start of the uprising was made on May 2 (old style date: April 20) by what was the first Bulgarian national assembly.

Pliska, the earliest capital of Bulgaria, will host observances of the 1,160th anniversary of the conversion of the Bulgarians to Christianity and 1,170 years since the creation of the Bulgarian alphabet. The Head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Daniil, will officiate a prayer service at the Great Basilica in Pliska.

National Assembly Chair Nataliya Kiselova will be among the official guests both in Oborishte and Pliska. Vice President Iliana Iotova will travel to Pliska.