Spasov day

The holiday is not fixed and is celebrated 40 days after Easter, always on Thursday. According to the New Testament, for 40 days after his resurrection, Jesus remains on the Earth to preach his studies and to talk with his apostles, moving among them as a god man. On the 40th day in the surrounding of his disciples in the foot of Eleon mountain near Vitania, where Lazar resurrected, Jesus was resurrecting in the heavens. Bulgarians call Spasov day the holiday of God Resurrection. Spasov day is related to a great extend with the cult of the dead people. Spasov day is also a holiday of the Bulgarian bread producers and confectioners.