Tag: Bulgaria

Russian Orthodox Church does not have property in Bulgaria: hieromonk

OCP- March 19, 2012

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

OCP- March 16, 2012

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

OCP- March 5, 2012

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

OCP- February 27, 2012

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

OCP- February 12, 2012

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

OCP- January 28, 2012

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

OCP- January 23, 2012

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

OCP- January 22, 2012

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

OCP- January 5, 2012

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

OCP- January 4, 2012

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

OCP- December 21, 2011

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

OCP- December 15, 2011

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

OCP- December 13, 2011

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

OCP- December 10, 2011

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

OCP- December 9, 2011

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

OCP- December 8, 2011

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)

OCP- December 5, 2011

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

OCP- December 3, 2011

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

OCP- November 23, 2011

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

OCP- November 23, 2011

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

OCP- November 19, 2011

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