This image is for illustrative purposes only and does not depict the real Baba Vanga.
Baba Vanga’s life as a prophetess began a few years after her tragic accident, when a man on horseback, dressed in white, appeared to her. He told her that the time had come when she must help people and speak of both the dead and the living. It was the year 1941.
At first, Vanga began helping her neighbors, especially those with loved ones at war. After her prophecies came true, people from a wider area started seeking her out. She had these abilities even before the vision of the man in white, but everyone around her—including Vanga herself—ignored them, dismissing them as small “coincidences.”
Vanga also became known as a healer. For every sick person, she could prescribe the exact herbs, the right amount, and the proper way to use them. She claimed that each of us has our own individual cure, and that it is impossible to create a single remedy for all.
The man she spent her life with came right to her doorstep. He wanted to know who had killed his brother. At their very first meeting, Vanga told him that he would be her husband. After several visits and conversations, the young man, Dimităr, took her and her sister to his home in Petrich.
Saying goodbye to her old home was not difficult—she was glad to leave the past behind and looked forward to a better life. But her excitement quickly faded when she arrived at her new home—it was simply one misery exchanged for another.
Her married life was quite unusual, and no one ever knew what really happened within it. They never had children, and the reason remains unknown. A close friend later claimed that their relationship was more friendly than marital. Shortly after the wedding, Dimităr left for Greece. After two years apart, he returned, built a house, but soon fell ill and began drinking heavily. Vanga was heartbroken by his self-destruction, and eventually the house was divided in two, with each living separately in their own half.
Reference: Prorokyňa Vanga a mystické miesto Rupite (digilib.phil.muni.cz) – Zacharová, Marta