{"id":2773,"date":"2025-12-10T18:50:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T18:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpaeburgas.org\/Fullbright\/?p=2773"},"modified":"2025-12-10T18:50:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T18:50:38","slug":"st-nicholas-day-brings-light-music-and-tradition-to-burgas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpaeburgas.org\/Fullbright\/2025\/12\/10\/st-nicholas-day-brings-light-music-and-tradition-to-burgas\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Nicholas Day Brings Light, Music, and Tradition to Burgas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"764\" height=\"581\" src=\"https:\/\/gpaeburgas.org\/Fullbright\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/viber_\u0438\u0437\u043e\u0431\u0440\u0430\u0436\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435_2025-12-10_15-06-08-566.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gpaeburgas.org\/Fullbright\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/viber_\u0438\u0437\u043e\u0431\u0440\u0430\u0436\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435_2025-12-10_15-06-08-566.jpg 764w, https:\/\/gpaeburgas.org\/Fullbright\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/viber_\u0438\u0437\u043e\u0431\u0440\u0430\u0436\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435_2025-12-10_15-06-08-566-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 764px) 100vw, 764px\" \/><figcaption>Every year, St. Nicholas Day (Nikulden) \u2013 a traditional Bulgarian holiday \u2013 is celebrated on the 6th of December. It honors St. Nicholas, the protector of sailors, fishermen, merchants, and bankers. On St. Nicholas Day, people named Nikolay, Nikol, Niki and others also celebrate their name day.<br>There are several traditions associated with the holiday. One of them is eating fish. The traditional dish eaten on St. Nicholas Day is called \u201cRibnik\u201d, which is carp and made with dough. According to Bulgarian tradition, St Nicholas watches over the seas and protects sailors from storms. St Nicholas represents protection and good fortune, safety during traveling, generosity, and kindness.<br>The holiday is particularly important to the city of Burgas because Saint Nicholas is the patron of sailors and fishermen, making his day the city\u2019s official holiday. This year in the center of Burgas people celebrated St. Nicholas Day with a concert featuring Stefan Vuldobrev and a group named \u201cThe Usual Suspects\u201d and the lighting of the Christmas tree in Tria Square. Slavi the Clasher, a famous YouTuber, known for his educational videos, was also there while they were lighting up the tree.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Arzu Izmailova &#8211; 8\u0413<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arzu Izmailova &#8211; 8\u0413<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.0.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>St. Nicholas Day Brings Light, Music, and Tradition to Burgas - School newspaper<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gpaeburgas.org\/Fullbright\/2025\/12\/10\/st-nicholas-day-brings-light-music-and-tradition-to-burgas\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"St. Nicholas Day Brings Light, Music, and Tradition to Burgas - 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