The Day of St.Theodore - Horse Easter in Momchilovtsi

Todorov den or also famous like Horse Easter in the Bulgarian village of Momchilovtsi, Bulgaria on March 04, 2017 In the Christian Orthodox calendar the first week of the Great Lent is dedicated to St Theodore Tiron.St Todor is a day of health and fecundity of the horses. Traditionally the young brides went up before the sunrise to bake ritual loaves shaped as a colt or a horseshoe. The holiday is celebrated with horse competitions and races testing the animals' strength and marks the spring, Momchilovtsi, Bulgaria on March 04, 2017

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