Show seek churchs churche blessing on all undertakings the tha slav people throughout the world hold more to religious customs than any of the peoples of western europe many of these beautiful old customs were created and preserved by the bulgarians Bulga rians during the five alvo centuries under turkish rule the people as a rule also call upon the clergy to perform a ceremony for what would appear in western europe most trivial things in addition to the ceremony performed in th case of marriages births and de as the stog cutting ut og of the first sod and the laying of a foundation for a now new house or public building t the open ingot at a new street building public garden or it a f futory fw tory etc without a ceren on is considered as au an ill omea immell abely the roof Is placed on a new house or building a cross blessed by the priest with a wreath of flowers attached la Is hosted holsted and remains until the work Is 1 nally completed in the villages certain ideas are carried to extreme limits and the parish priest Is called upon to perform all sorts of ceremonies such as blessing the land prayers lor for rain storms and tha tl s harvest etc detroit news |