Patriarch Maxim of Bulgaria Enters Eternal Rest

Associated Press 6/11/2012 SOFIA, Bulgaria –  Patriarch Maxim of Bulgaria, who weathered a revolt over his communist-era ties to lead the Balkan country’s Orthodox Christians for more than 40 years, has died. He was 98. The patriarch died of heart failure early Tuesday at a Sofia hospital where he had been for a month, the Holy Synod said in a statement.