Bulgarian Orthodox Church Calls for Peace, Justice Amid Ethnic Unrest

An icon of the Intercession (Veil) of Virgin Mary, a major holiday celebrated by Orthodox Christians in Bulgaria on October 1. Image by Pravoslavieto.com 2/10/2011 Plovdiv metropolitan bishop Nikolay is holding a service Sunday in the village of Katunitsa near Plovdiv, the site that has sparked a week of ethnic unrest in Bulgaria. In the solemn mass which commemorates the victims of the violence, bishop Nikolay has also read out an address of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church to the nation.