Balgarianovinite.com On December 6, Bulgarians celebrate the Feast of St Nicholas the Miracle Maker as well as Banker’s Day. St Nicholas is revered as the deliverer of captives and the patron saint of sailors, travellers, merchants, fishermen, and bankers.
Nicholas (3rd and 4th century AD) was an early Christian Bishop and Archbishop of Myra. According to legends he was the man who secretly threw purses with gold coins into the home of an impoverished father to help him marry off his three daughters. Many miracles are also attributed to Nicholas, such as delivering sailors and sea travellers from the elements. He died in 342 AD in the city of Myra, in the Roman Empire (modern-day Turkiye). In 1087, his relics were taken to Bari, Italy. The saint’s tomb is in the Basilica of Saint Nicholas there.
According to Christian mythology, when God was dividing the world, all bodies of water and the fauna living in it were assigned to Nicholas.
The Bulgarian equivalent of the name Nicholas is Nikolay/Nikolai. Bulgarians carrying that or a similar name, such as Nikola, Neycho, Nikolina, Nikoleta, Nina, Kolyo, celebrate their name day on December 6. In 2020, some 200,000 Bulgarians had this name day.
Tradition dictates that people named after St Nicholas should celebrate in their home with their friends and family. Traditionally, seafood is served at the festive table, most often carp stuffed with walnuts.
December 6 has been the official holiday of the city of Burgas, on the Black Sea, since 1992.
Banker’s Day was marked for the first time in 1992 by a decision of the Association of Commercial Banks (now the Association of Banks in Bulgaria) and the Bulgarian National Bank. At that time, a memorial service was held in the chapel of the Bulgarian National Bank building in memory of bank employees who died in the wars. After the ceremony, bank employees took part in a liturgical procession and joined the solemn church service at the ST Alexander Nevsky Memorial Cathedral in Sofia. Bulgarians Celebrate Feast Day of St Nicholas the Miracle Maker, Banker’s Day 2025 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-12-06 08:56:00 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law