Calendar

On Bulgarian calendars the first day of the week is Monday. National holidays are marked with red numbers. Important holidays are March 3rd, Liberation Day (liberation from Turkey in 1878); September 6th, the day when the southern and northern parts of Bulgaria were united; November 1st, called "Day of the National Enlighteners;" and May 24th, the "Day of Saints Cyril and Methodius," in honor of creators of the Bulgarian alphabet.