A worshipper lights a candle as she attends Sunday Mass led by Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill and Bulgarian Patriarch Maxim in Alexander Nevski cathedral in Sofia on April 29, 2012. (Stoyan Nenov/Reuters)
A man walks inside of the crumbling oval skeleton of the House of the Bulgarian Communist Party on mount Buzludzha in Bulgaria on March 14, 2012. (Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images)
A girl practices in front of a picture of Bulgaria's gymnastic federation president Jordan Jovtchev in a gymnasium on February 22, 2012 in Sofia. At 39, Bulgaria's Jordan Jovtchev is close to becoming the first male gymnast to compete in six Olympics. (Nikolay Doychinov/AFP/Getty Images)
A goat wanders a deserted classroom in the village of Voynitsa, at the heart of Bulgaria's northwestern region on December 6, 2011. Bulgaria's rural northwest is officially the poorest region in the European Union. (Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images)
Members of the White Brotherhood perform a ritual dance near Babreka Lake on August 19, 2011, as part of a celebration of their New Year. The movement, whose founder is Bulgarian Peter Danov, is a synthesis of Christianity and Hinduism. (Stoyan Nenov/Reuters)
Mehmed Aiumankov (center) dances during a wedding procession heading for the house of his bride Fatme Kichukova in the village of Ribnovo on December 11, 2011. (Stoyan Nenov/Reuters)
An elderly man smokes in a cafe in Sofia on December 14, 2011. Bulgaria's government proposed a total ban on smoking in closed public places starting June 1, 2012. (Nikolay Doychinov/AFP/Getty Images)
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Men perform the traditional Bulgarian "Horo" dance in the icy waters of the Tundzha River in Kalofer as part of the Epiphany Day celebrations on January 6, 2012. (Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images)
Bulgarians dive into icy water as they compete to catch a cross in the middle of a lake in Sofia as part of Epiphany Day celebrations on January 6, 2012. It is believed that the man who is the first to grab the cross, thrown into the water by an Eastern Orthodox priest, will be healthy throughout the year. (Nikolay Doychinov/AFP/Getty Images)
Bulgarians ride a horse-drawn cart near Sofia on January 27, 2012 after a heavy snow fall. (Nikolay Doychinov/AFP/Getty Images)
A woman lights a candle on the monument listing the names of the victims of the Communist regime during an open air mass in Sofia on February 1, 2012. (Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images)
Acrobats perform with fire in front of Ivan Vazov national theatre during Earth Hour in Sofia on March 31, 2012. (Stoyan Nenov/Reuters)
Bulgarians walk with candles near the Alexander Nevski cathedral after an Easter service in Sofia on April 15, 2012. (Nikolay Doychinov/AFP/Getty Images)
An elderly man enjoys a sunny day in a park in downtown Sofia on May 2, 2012. (Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images)
Some 333 Bulgarian bagpipers play their instruments in an attempt to set a world record for the largest-scale performance of bagpipers at the National Palace of Culture in Sofia on May 16, 2012. (Stoyan Nenov/Reuters)
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