June 29 is Petrovden in Bulgaria

Name day of everyone named Peter, Penka, Kamen, Pencho, Peyo, Pesho, Petran/a; also Assen, Assya, Apostol, Kroum, Chavdar; also Pavel, Pavlin/a, Polya (although they may rather celebrate on June 30).

This holiday is in midsummer. The people are working hard in the fields and the “wheat is baked”.

Legend says that St Peter himself, on seeing how people harvested, took the sickle to help them.

The St Peter Fast ends with meat on the table – black chicken, slain on the threshold of the house for health and strength,