Tag: Bulgaria

Bulgaria’s Orthodox Christians Embark on 40-Day Christmas Fast

OCP- November 15, 2011

15/11/2011 Bulgarian Orthodox Christians enter Tuesday a 40-day fast that will end on December 24, Christmas Eve . The Christmas Fast is the second longest ... Read More

Delegation of the Orthodox Church of Bulgaria on a Visit to the Romanian Patriarchate

OCP- November 14, 2011

The Press Office of the Romanian Patriarchate informs us: On 11 November 2011, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel received, at the Patriarchal Residence, a delegation of ... Read More

Bulgarian Orthodox Church Marks Archangel All Souls’ Day

OCP- November 5, 2011

5/11/2011 Bulgaria's Christian Orthodox Church honors Saturday the All Souls' Day before the Day of St. Archangel Michael, or the so-called Archangel All Souls' Day. ... Read More

Bulgaria Honors Miracle Worker St. Ivan Rilski

OCP- October 22, 2011

19/10/2011 Orthodox Christians in Bulgaria commemorate on October 19 S.t Ivan Rilski, known as the Miracle Worker and also celebrated as the patron of Bulgaria. ... Read More

Bulgarian Orthodox Church Calls for Peace, Justice Amid Ethnic Unrest

OCP- October 2, 2011

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 ... Read More

Church warns of ethnic flare-up

OCP- September 30, 2011

Associated Press 2011-09-30 Bulgaria's influential Christian Orthodox Church is urging people to avoid further ethnic flare-ups in the Balkan country. Riots erupted last weekend after ... Read More

Bulgaria’s Capital Marks Saint Sofia Day

OCP- September 17, 2011

17/9/2011 Bulgaria's capital celebrates Friday St. Sofia Day - the date when the Orthodox world pays homage to the Holy Martyrs Sofia and her three ... Read More

Bulgaria Marks Holy Cross Day, ‘End of Summer’

OCP- September 14, 2011

14/9/2011 Orthodox Christians in Bulgaria celebrate the day of the Holy Cross on September 14, which is said to spell the end of the summer ... Read More

Bulgarian Muslims Rebuild Christian Neighbors’ Church

OCP- September 5, 2011

1/9/2011 A unique picture of inter-religious tolerance can be viewed in a Northeastern Bulgarian village called Kamburovo, with local Muslims working to rebuild a church. ... Read More

Crimson Code of Berat arrives in Bulgaria

OCP- August 14, 2011

FOCUS News Agency 14/8/2011 Crimson Code of Berat will arrive in Bulgaria. This will be one of the exhibits displayed in the exhibition themed The ... Read More

Living Museum in Koprivshtitsa Resurrects Bulgaria’s Revival Period

OCP- August 13, 2011

12/8/2011 A new living museum in Bulgaria's Koprivshtitsa – the town which gave the start of the 1876 April Uprising against the Ottoman Empire – ... Read More

Sofia Named Permanent Host of Religious Tolerance

OCP- August 5, 2011

5/8/2011 Sofia is slated to outshine Jerusalem by becoming a permanent host of a tolerancedialogue between different religions from all over the world. The news ... Read More

Sofia to Set Example of Religious Tolerance

OCP- July 31, 2011

31/7/2011 Sofia is to become in the course of two days Mecca, Jerusalem and the Vatican at once, when high-ranking clergy from 20 countries will ... Read More

Bulgarian Archeologists Unearth Precious Finds at Perperikon

OCP- July 16, 2011

15/7/2011 The first precious archeological finds for 2011 at the Thracian rock sanctuary Perperikon in southern Bulgaria are already a fact, according to Bulgaria's top ... Read More

Bulgaria’s Government steps up funding for Church Buildings

OCP- July 13, 2011

13/7/2011 Construction projects at sites on the "religion tourism" route and in communities that have no houses of worship is to be stepped up, to ... Read More

Bulgarian govt tries to support church as much as it can, without interfering, says PM

OCP- July 4, 2011

Veselina YORDANOVA 4/7/2011 Sofia. We are trying to support church as much as we can and without interfering. I think you are satisfied with the ... Read More

Relics of Maximus Confessor to Travel to Bulgaria

OCP- July 3, 2011

2/7/2011 The relics of the great Christian Orthodox theologian St. Maximus the Confessor will travel from Mount Athos and be laid out for veneration in ... Read More

Day of St Peter Preaches Half-Day Work in Bulgaria

OCP- June 29, 2011

29/6/2011 Bulgaria's Orthodox Church is celebrating the day of St Peter and Paul (Pavel in Bulgarian) when - tradition says - people should work only ... Read More

Ode to the Righteous Bulgarian Gentiles

OCP- June 29, 2011

By Menachem Wecker 29/6/2011 Church, King and People Are All Celebrated in a Musical Festival When several trains entered Bulgaria secretly on March 8, 1943, ... Read More

Bulgarian PM, Orthodox Church Engage in Hearty Back-Scratching

OCP- June 19, 2011

18/6/2011 Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and Varna Bishop Kiril have exchange warm niceties and praises, with the bishop going as far as comparing Borisov ... Read More

Bulgarian Ethnic Turks Demand Having 2nd Mosque in Sofia

OCP- June 3, 2011

3/6/2011 Bulgaria's ethnic Turkish party, Movement for Rights and Freedoms, DPS, is demanding to have a second mosque built in the capital Sofia. The request ... Read More