Tag: Bulgaria
Russian Orthodox Church does not have property in Bulgaria: hieromonk
17/3/2012 Sofia. The Russian Orthodox Church does not have property in Bulgaria, hieromonk Zotik Gaevski, a secretary for the Russian Patriarch in Bulgaria, said in ... Read More
Bulgaria, Turkey Move to Mutually Open Cultural Centers
13/3/2012 Bulgaria will launch its cultural center in Istanbul, while Turkey will open one in Sofia, it has been made clear. On Tuesday, Bulgaria's Council ... Read More
Bulgarian Orthodox Church marks Day of Saint Theodore of Amasea
3/3/2012 Sofia. Bulgarian Orthodox Church marks the Day of Saint Theodore of Amasea. It falls on the first Saturday in the Great Lent and this ... Read More
Russian Patriarch Arrives in Bulgaria for Easte
26/2/2012 The head of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill is to visit Bulgaria in April around the Easter holiday. The new was announced Saturday ... Read More
Bulgarian Orthodox Christians celebrate honey, pray for health of bees amid threat of cold
11/2/2012 BLAGOEVGRAD, Bulgaria — Orthodox Christians in Bulgaria on Friday observed a holiday traditionally associated here with bees and honey. It was the Day of ... Read More
Sofia to Fund Repair of Burned Cathedral of Bessarabia Bulgarians
28/1/2012 The Bulgarian government has announced it is going to provide a total of BGN 100 000 for the repair of the burned Orthodox Christian ... Read More
Bulgaria’s Holy Synod: God Is Testing Us
23/1/20122 These days God is testing us, but our Holy Church will overcome this ordeal, Bulgaria's Holy Synod says in a statement. It was included ... Read More
Communist past catches up with bishops
22/1/2012 THE ghost of communism has resurfaced in Bulgaria, with 11 of the country's 15 top bishops exposed as former secret police agents, shaking the ... Read More
Bulgarian Orthodox Church is not against in vitro fertilisation, Metropolitan says
4/1/2012 The Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s governing body, the Holy Synod, does not oppose in vitro fertilisation – in contrast to a December 2011 statement that ... Read More
Left-wing intellectuals petition against ‘smear campaign’ against Bulgarian Orthodox Church
3/1/2012 A group of left-wing intellectuals, in an open letter to Bulgarian Orthodox Church head Patriarch Maxim, have spoken out against what they call a ... Read More
Armenian church opens in Bulgaria
21/12/2011 The Saint Stepanos Armenian Church of Pazardzhik, Bulgaria, officially opened Monday. Father Abgar Hovakimian, Locum Tenens of the Armenian Apostolic Church’s Diocese of Bulgaria, ... Read More
For 30 Pieces of Silver
Maria Guineva 14/12/2011 The Bulgarian Orthodox Church recently stirred new outrage when Varna Bishop Kiril showed up for mass in a sparkling 2012 Lincoln MKZ ... Read More
Communique of the Archbishopric of Ohrid
Serbian Church- Autonomous Archbishopric of Ohrid 13/12/2-11 On 12th December 2011, in attempt to enter the F.Y.R. Macedonia, on the border-crossing Medzitlija, on the border ... Read More
Alfa, Macedonia: Bulgaria makes priests policemen who struggle with Macedonian Orthodox Church
FOCUS News Agency Southeast Europe and Balkans 9/12/2011 Skopje. The Bulgarian church was full of informers, comments the Macedonian television station Alfa. Emigrants’ newspaper Bulgaria ... Read More
Mystery Surrounds Varna Bishop Limo Scandal
8/12/2011 The Varna and Preslav Bishopric are denying information that the Bishop of Varna and Veliki Preslav, Kiril, has resigned from his post a day ... Read More
Bulgaria’s Lincoln-Driving Bishop Resigns after Scandal
7/12/2011 The Bishop of Varna and Veliki Preslav, Kiril, has resigned from his post a day after he startled his congregation with a 2012 Lincoln ... Read More
The Sofia, Bulgaria, Podvorie of the Russian Orthodox Church Prayerfully Commemorates Archbishop Seraphim (Sobolev)
On December 1, 2011, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, a commemorative Liturgy for Archbishop Seraphim (Sobolev) of ... Read More
Archaeology: Remains of medieval church discovered in Bulgaria’s Sozopol
1/12/2011 Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a medieval church, said to date from some time in the 12th to 14th centuries, and the front ... Read More
Top Bulgarian Landmark Honors Patron Saint
23/11/2011 The world-famous St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, which is the landmark not only of Sofia but of all of Bulgaria, is marking Wednesday the day ... Read More
Bulgaria’s Patriarch Maxim to Be Named Honorary Sofia Citizen
22/11/2011 Bulgaria's 97-year-old Patriarch Maxim will be declared an honorary citizen of the country's capital Sofia, it was made clear on Monday. The Patriarch's honorary ... Read More
Bulgaria’s Top Landmark ‘St. Alexander Nevsky’ Falling Apart, Without Owner
18/11/2011 The world-famous St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, which is the landmark not only of Sofia but of all of Bulgaria, has got no owner to ... Read More