Show hi X iw X k A X ry r Y seek churchs blessing on all undertakings ings the slav people throughout the world hold more to ous customs than any of the peoples of western europe many of these beautiful old customs were created and preserved by the bulgarians during the five cen tunes under turkish rule the peo pie as a rule albo au call upon the clergy to perform a ceremony for whit would appear in europe most trivial things in add tion to the ceremony performed in the case of mar nages births and beatis s the cutting of the first sod and the laying of a foundation for a new house or public building the opening of a new street build ng public garden or a factory etc without a is ceremony Is considered as an ill omen omea immedi te afia jia abely the roof Is 1 placed on a new house or building a cross blessed by the priest with a wreath of flowers at cached Is hoisted and remains until the work is finally completed in the villages certain ideas are carried to extreme I 1 mits ardethe and the parish priest is called upon to perform all sorts of ceremonies such as blessing the land prayers for rain storms and the bar nest est etc debrot news |