The wedding of Tatyana Pencheva and Veselin Penchev

This photo was taken at the wedding of my daughter Tatyana Petkova and Veselin Penchev on 20th July 1989. To the right is the maid of honor Rositsa, to the left is Tatyana, holding the marriage certificate. My daughter is named after the famous character in Pushkin's 'Eugene Onegin'. My daughter Tatyana was born on 27th October 1951. She graduated from high school with a gold medal [awarded to excellent students] and from the textile machinery course at the Machine Electrical and Technical Institute. Then she specialized in industry design and now she is associate professor at the New Bulgarian University, teaching 'fashion'. Tatyana and Veselin Penchev, who is an engineer and forester, have a son, Stephan, who will have his bar mitzvah this year [2003]. My children know that when the mother is a Jew, the children are Jews too. So, with Tatyana or Stefan, the Jewish strain in our family will be over. Stefan went to Sunday school at Shalom. At home we observe Fruitas, Pesach, Sukkot and Yom Kippur. We all eat matzah with no exception.