Tag: Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Bulgarian Orthodox Church Slams In Vitro Fertilization, Surrogacy

OCP- January 2, 2012

31/12/2011 The Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church has declared “reservations” against in vitro fertilization and surrogacy, viewing them as a “human interference that ... Read More

Bulgarian Orthodox Church Celebrates St. Stephen

OCP- December 27, 2011

27/12/2011 The Bulgarian Orthodox Church marks Tuesday the Day of Saint Stephen, the first Christian martyr and first archdeacon in the Jerusalem Community Church. The ... Read More

Bulgarian Orthodox Church controversies deepen

OCP- December 23, 2011

23/12/2011 Officials from the National Revenue Agency will begin interviews and checks of financial records in January to follow up allegations that the Bulgarian Orthodox ... Read More

Bulgarian Orthodox Church Celebrates St. Naum

OCP- December 23, 2011

23/12/2011 The Bulgarian Orthodox Church marks Friday the Day of Saint Naum of Preslav, a medieval Bulgarian scholar, writer and teacher. St. Naum is one ... Read More

Bulgarian Syndicates Demand Audit of Orthodox Church

OCP- December 21, 2011

21/12/2011 The State must probe the Bulgarian Orthodox Church over ways it spent its subsidy in the last 20 years. The statement was made by ... Read More

Controversy over Bulgarian Orthodox Church agreement to be checked by Dossier Commission

OCP- December 16, 2011

16/12/2011 Controversy is continuing about a decision by the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod to agree to have senior clergy checked by the Dossier Commission ... Read More

Metropolitan Transport

OCP- December 16, 2011

Clive Leviev-Sawyer 16/12/2011 First he had resigned, then he had not; first the car was his, then it was not; or perhaps the story about ... Read More

Bulgarian Orthodox Church Honors St Anna

OCP- December 10, 2011

9/12/2011 The Bulgarian Orthodox Church and Orthodox Bulgarians celebrate Friday, December 9th, the Day of Saint Anna. St. Anna, mother of the Virgin Mary, is ... 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

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

Bulgarians Celebrate 97th Birthday of Orthodox Church Patriarch Maxim

OCP- October 30, 2011

29/10/2011 A couple of hundred Bulgarians flocked to a solemn mas in the St. Marina cathedral in Plovdiv to mark the 97th anniversary of Patriarch ... Read More

The Patriarch among Patriarchs

OCP- October 28, 2011

Konstantin Sabchev 28/10/2011 After a general custom, each birthday after the ninetieth is a jubilee. So, tomorrow His Holiness, the Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox ... 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

Bulgarian Orthodox Christians Honor St. Ivan Rilski

OCP- August 18, 2011

18/8/2011 The Bulgarian Orthodox Church celebrates Thursday, August 18, the assumption of Saint Ivan Rilski, honored as the patron of the Bulgarian people. St. Ivan ... Read More

Bulgarian Monasteries to Shelter Abandoned Children

OCP- July 24, 2011

Konstantin Subchev 214/7/2011 Childcare homes will be built with the Orthodox churches across the country Child and elderly care homes will be built with the ... Read More

Batak Martyrs Relics Become Property of Bulgarian Orthodox Church

OCP- July 16, 2011

16/7/2011 The relics of the Batak martyrs are now property of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, according to the decision of the Batak Town Hall. The ... Read More

Crowds Queue for a Miracle of St Maximus

OCP- July 4, 2011

Photo Emona Tsoncheva 3/7/2011 Clergymen from different bishoprics attended the ceremony marking the 40th anniversary since the enthronement of Patriarch Maxim, Head of the Bulgarian ... 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

Bulgarian Church Marks 40 Years Since Its Patriarch’s Enthronement

OCP- July 3, 2011

3/6/2011 An official solemn mass marking the 40th anniversary of the enthronement of Bulgarian Patriarch Maxim is being held in Sofia's Alexander Nevski cathedral Sunday. ... Read More

Bulgarian Orthodox Church marks Cherry All Souls’ Day

OCP- June 11, 2011

Nikola PETKOV 11/6/2011 Sofia. Bulgarian Orthodox Church marks Cherry All Souls’ Day, the second big all souls’ day throughout the year. It falls on the ... Read More