IN SERVICE OF SPIRITUALITY, OF BULGARIAN CULTURAL AND LITERARY TRADITIONS. A JUBILEE EVENING

A commemorative evening entitled "In service of spirituality, of Bulgarian cultural and literary traditions" devoted to 20 years of "Jajda" Publishing House - the first private publishing house in Sliven after the democratic changes in 1989 and 15 years from the release of the first issue of the same name magazine for literature and art was held on October 20, 2010, in the Grand Hall of the Club of cultural figures, within the celebrations of the Feast of Sliven – the Day of St. Dimitar. The event was organized by Sava Dobroplodni Regional Library in partnership with the Club of cultural figures and Sliven Municipality. The celebration of this anniversary was attended by many guests - authors, publishers, friends and associates of the publisher Zhelyaz Kondev from Sliven and the country. Among the guests was the governor of Sliven region Marin Kavrakov. Analysis of the publishing output of "Jajda" Publishing House and its magazine, their history, development and outlook was read by scholarly associate Maria Gareva. Zhelyaz and Kunka Kondev - owners of the publishing house told their memoirs about the first years of the work of the publishing house.Very emotional and long were the speeches of the members of the editorial board of "Jajda" magazine Atanas Tsonkov, Sonia Kelevedjieva and the artist Yevgeny Valev. The chairman of the Union of Independent Bulgarian writers Marin Kadiev made speech about "Jajda" magazine as an official magazine of the Union. There were many greetings read on the occasion of the anniversary - from the Governor of Sliven region, from Sava Dobroplodni Regional Library, from the Regional Historical Museum of Sliven, State Puppet Theatre of Sliven, from the Society of Writers of Yambol, from the Union of Independent Bulgarian writers, ets. Many more were the flowers and friendly greetings. On behalf of the Mayor of Sliven congratulatory letter read Dora Eskidarova – a Head of “Culture and religion“ department. She handed to the owner of the "Jajda" Publishing House Zhelyaz Kondev also the honorable sign of the municipality for his contribution to the development of literary life in Sliven.