Tag: Bulgaria

Winners of II Slavic literary forum Announced

OCP- April 30, 2011

Moscow Time 30/4/2011 Laureates of the II Slavic literary forum "Golden Knight" were announced in the Russian city of Tula on Friday. According to Interfax, ... Read More

Young Bulgarians Turn to Monastic Life

OCP- April 19, 2011

Konstantin Sabchev 16/4/2011 - Your Higher Eminence, have you noticed aspiration for monastic feats among contemporary Bulgarians? A positive trend is seen as compared to ... Read More

Bulgaria Rebel Clergy Leader Dies in Car Crash

OCP- March 29, 2011

29/3/2011 Kamen Barakov, a priest from Bulgaria's alternative synod, who was among the front-runners of the rebel clergy, has been killed in a car crash. ... Read More

Bulgaria Commemorates National Hero Vasil Levski

OCP- February 19, 2011

19/2/2011 Bulgaria commemorates Saturday the 138th anniversary of the death of its national hero, freedom-fighter and revolutionary Vasil Levski. Levski was sentenced to death by ... Read More

Newly Appointed Locum Tenens of the Armenian Diocese of Bulgaria

OCP- February 10, 2011

Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin 10/2/2011 By the Pontifical order (dated February 9, 2011) of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All ... Read More

Holy Synod ‘Instructs’ Bulgarians How to Fill Census Card

OCP- February 8, 2011

8/2/2011 Bulgaria's Holy Synod appeals to all Christian Orthodox to answer two of the non-mandatory questions from the ongoing Census in order to declare their ... Read More

Bulgaria, Russia Mark 100th Birthday of Bulgarian Prophet Woman Vanga

OCP- February 5, 2011

31/1/2011 Bulgaria marks Monday, January 31, 2011, the 100th birthday of prophet Vanga, an anniversary widely covered in the media in Russia where the Bulgarian ... Read More

In Memoriam: Archpriest George Nedelkoff

OCP- January 2, 2011

01/01/2011 Orthodox Church in America FT. WAYNE, IN -- Archpriest George Nedelkoff, retired pastor of Saint Nicholas Church here and former Chancellor of the Bulgarian ... Read More

Bulgaria Slow to Hand Over Renegade Serbian Priest to Macedonia

OCP- December 29, 2010

28/12/2010 Authorities in Macedonia have been requesting the extradition of orthodox priest Jovan Branisovski, who was arrested in Bulgaria mid-November based on an international police ... Read More

Bulgarian state allocates money to 248 Orthodox Churches: Minister

OCP- December 17, 2010

16/12/2010 Sofia. The state has allocated money to 248 Orthodox churches in Bulgaria in 2010, Bozhidar Dimitrov, Bulgarian minister without portfolio who is responsible for ... Read More

3rd Meeting of the Inter-Orthodox Network for Initiatives and the Study of Religions and Injurious Cults

OCP- November 20, 2010

Press Bulletin Great success was noted at the 3rd Meeting of the Inter-Orthodox Network for Initiatives and the Study of Religions and Injurious Cults, which ... Read More

Bulgarian President ‘Tangled’ in Neighbors’ Church Brawl

OCP- November 20, 2010

20/11/2010 The Serbian Orthodox church is lobbying with Bulgaria's President, Georgi Parvanov, for the release of Serbian priest Jovan Vranisovski, according to Macedonian media. Vranisovski ... Read More

Bulgaria shows John the Baptist Relics, hopes for tourist Boom

OCP- November 13, 2010

13/11/2010 Bulgaria’s main Orthodox cathedral is displaying jaw and arm bones and a tooth said to be relics of John the Baptist, in a move ... Read More

Bulgaria’s Patriarch welcomes the relics in front of Alexandar Nevski Cathedral

OCP- November 10, 2010

10/11/2010 Bulgarian Holy Synod Blesses Initiative of The Standart The Relics will be carried in an armoured vehicle. The holy relics of St. John the ... Read More

Bulgarian Orthodox Christians Mark Archangel All Souls’ Day

OCP- November 7, 2010

6/11/2010 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 Celebrates Day of Winter Herald

OCP- October 26, 2010

26/10/2010 The Bulgarian Orthodox Church marks St Dimitar Day, believed to herald the beginning of winter, on October 26. According to Christian mythology, St Dimitar, ... Read More

Archaeology: ancient Bulgar burial ground Found

OCP- October 18, 2010

File News 21st September Archaeologists in Bulgaria have unearthed a circular mound which they believe used to serve as a burial ground for the ancient ... Read More

Articles Updated

OCP- September 16, 2010

OBL Articles Blog Updated with new Items The Ascetic and the Robber – Unknown tales of the Desert Deep roots in fresh soil: Orthodox Christianity ... Read More

Holy Cross Day Spells End of Summer in Bulgaria

OCP- September 14, 2010

14/9/2010 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 Prelate Awards Viciously Anti-Gay City Officials as ’Defenders of Christianity’

OCP- September 7, 2010

By: Kilian Melloy 6/9/2010 Bulgarian Prelate Awards Viciously Anti-Gay City Officials as ’Defenders of Christianity’ A Bulgarian Orthodox bishop has awarded two anti-gay officials of ... Read More

Cabinet votes 420 000 leva to restore church ‘holding John the Baptist Relics’

OCP- September 3, 2010

1/9/2010 Bulgaria’s Cabinet announced on September 1 2010 that it was giving 420 000 leva (about 210 000 euro) to the church in the Black ... Read More