Bulgarians celebrate St. Athanasius Day

The Orthodox Church today honors the memory of Athanasius the Great. The holiday is called Atanasovden by the people.

St. Athanasius is a great confessor and teacher of the Church, a great defender of the Christian doctrine of the Incarnation. He was born in 295 AD in the Egyptian capital Alexandria. The son of poor Christians, Athanasius was well educated but diligently studied the Scriptures. At the age of 24,