Bardarski Geran (Бърдарски геран) is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Byala Slatina municipality, Vratsa Province. It is among the several villages founded by Banat Bulgarians returning from the Banat after the Liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman rule in 1878, and is thus predominantly Roman Catholic. It is regarded as 'the capital of Banat Bulgarians in Bulgaria' by certain members of the community.^[1] Byala Slatina (Bulgarian Бяла Слатина) is a town in Northwestern Bulgaria. ... Vratsa province shown within Bulgaria Vratsa is a province of north western Bulgaria, neighbouring Romania. ... Banat Bulgarians in Romania (in brown) The Banat Bulgarians (Bulgarian: , banatski balgari, endonym palćene and banátsći balgare) are a Bulgarian minority group living mostly in the Romanian part of the historical region of the Banat. ... Banat (Romanian: Banat; Serbian: Банат or Banat; German: Banat; Hungarian: Bánát or Bánság; Slovak: Banát) is a geographical and historical region in Southeastern Europe divided among three countries: the eastern part belongs to Romania (the counties of TimiÅŸ, CaraÅŸ-Severin, Arad, and MehedinÅ£i), the western... In Bulgarian historiography, the term Liberation of Bulgaria is used to denote the events of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78 that led to the establishment of a Bulgarian state with the Treaty of San Stefano of 3 March 1878. ... Motto: دولت ابد مدت Devlet-i Ebed-müddet (The Eternal State) Anthem: Ottoman imperial anthem At the height of its power (1683) Capital Söğüt (1299-1326) Bursa (1326-1365) Edirne (1365-1453) Constantinople (Istanbul) (1453-1922) Language(s) Ottoman Turkish Government Monarchy Sultans  - 1281–1326 Osman I  - 1918–1922 Mehmed VI... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ...

The village was founded in 1887, mostly by Banat Bulgarian settlers from Dudeştii Vechi (Stár Bišnov) in Romania. A number of Germans also settld from the Banat in the end of the 19th century. Due to the religious differences (the Bulgarian inhabitants of the surroudning villages being Eastern Orthodox), the inhabitants of Bardarski Geran would mostly communicate with residents of the other Catholic villages in the region. Eastern Orthodoxy (also called Greek Orthodoxy and Russian Orthodoxy) is a Christian tradition which represents the majority of Eastern Christianity. ...

The village has two churches, one of which is the St Joseph parish church (photo), and the other a German church (most likely Lutheran), which is almost destroyed due to lack of maintenance. Saint Joseph, also referred to as Joseph the Betrothed and as Joseph of Nazareth, was the foster-father of Jesus, according to the New Testament (Matthew 1:16; Luke 3:23). ... A parish is a type of administrative subdivision. ... The Lutheran movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity by the original definition. ...

The monthly newspaper of the Banat Bulgarians in Bulgaria, Falmis, was founded in Bardarski Geran in 1997.^[2] There is also a folklore dance group active in Bardarski Geran and performing Banat Bulgarian dances and songs.

As of 2005, the village has a population of 939^GRBulgaria and the mayor is Damyan Monov.