Tag: Bulgarian Orthodox Church
Interim Patriarch Calls for Unity of Bulgarian Orthodox Church
18/11/2012 The unity of the Holy Synod and of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church is the most important issue for Orthodox Christians in Bulgaria, according to Varna MetropolitanKiril. Kiril made the statement Sunday ... Read More
Bulgarian Holy Synod Upholds Interim Patriarch Choice
16/11/2012 Bulgarian New York Metropolitan Yosif is going to travel to Sofia next week to participate at the next meeting of the Holy Synod. Speaking before Darik radio, the Bishop of America, Canada ... Read More
Holy Synod: Election of the head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church is not subject to judicial control
15/11/2012 - Focus News Agency Sofia. The election of head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church (BOC) is not subject to state judicial control. This is the canonical question ... Read More
Advent, and the time of casting of stones in Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod
CLIVE LEVIEV-SAWYER 15/11/2012 The eve of the Advent Fast for Bulgaria’s Orthodox Church leaders found them in anything but the mood of quiet contemplation intended ... Read More
Bulgarian Orthodox Church to Choose Interim Patriarch
10/11/2012 The Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church is sitting at an extraordinary council Saturday to elect its interim head after the passing of ... Read More
Bulgarian President, PM Mourn Patriarch Maxim
8/11/2012 Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev and PM Boyko Borisov have sent letters of condolences to the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church on the ... Read More
Bulgaria’s Patriarch Maxim Turns 98
29/10/2012 Bulgarian Orthodox Patriarch Maxim turns 98 on Monday, with a Great Liturgy marking his birthday expected to be held in Sofia's St. Alexander Nevski ... Read More
Bulgarian Orthodox Church Celebrates Cathedral, Patriarch
29/10/2012 Bulgarian Orthodox Christians assembled Sunday morning at the St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia for a special Great Liturgy commemorating the centennary of ... Read More
Elderly Bulgarian Patriarch to Withdraw from Post
13/10/2012 The Bulgarian Holy Synod is calling an emergency meeting on October 16 and 17 when, reportedly, the Head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch ... Read More
Bulgarian Orthodox Christians Honor St. Ivan Rilski
20/8/2012 The Bulgarian Orthodox Church celebrates Saturday, August 18, the assumption of Saint Ivan Rilski, honored as the patron of the Bulgarian people. St. Ivan ... Read More
Bulgarian church row over return of the Archons
Clive Leviev-Sawyer 25/6/2012 A petition, public protest and open division among the Bulgarian Orthodox Church have followed the church’s new rules legitimising the awarding of ... Read More
Piece of the Holy Cross to be displayed in temple under construction dedicated to St. Procopius of Varna
24/6/2012 Varna. Today, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church commemorates the memory of St. Procopius of Varna, in the church dedicated to the saint in Varna, which ... Read More
Bulgaria: Church asked to repudiate priest’s call to ‘throw stones’ at Pride
Stephen Gray 19/6/2012 Pride organisers in the Bulgarian capital have clashed with the Orthodox Church over what event organisers see as tacit support for violence ... Read More
Bulgarian Church Condemns Upcoming Gay Parade
14/6/2012 The Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church has expectedly condemned the Sofia Pride gay parade planned for June 30 in the capital. In ... Read More
Bulgarian Orthodox Church Up against Lady Gaga’s Sofia Concert
4/5/2012 The Bulgarian Orthodox Church has made it clear it disapproves of the upcoming concert of US pop star Lady Gaga in Sofia. 5-time Grammy ... 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
Approval of Bulgarian Orthodox Church declines by 17% in past 3 months: poll
27/2/2012 Sofia. The approval of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church has declined by 17% (from 53% to 36%) in the past three months, reveals an opinion ... Read More
Untainted Bulgarian Bishop: Church Will Come Out Stronger
29/1/2012 The Bulgarian Orthodox Chruch will come out stronger from its ordeals after the announcing of a number of senior clergy's affiliation with ex-communist secret ... 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