Tag: Bulgarian Orthodox
Bulgarian Bishop: Surrogacy Equals Prostitution
22/8/2012 Surrogate motherhood is no different from prostitution, according to Bishop Nikolay, the radical Bulgarian Orthodox Bishop of Plovdiv. Speaking after a service in Plovdiv ... 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
Bulgarians in Chisinau want at least one church with services in Bulgarian
6/3/2012 FOCUS News Agency Chisinau. The newly established NGO Bulgarian Community in Moldova – Bessarabian Bulgarians has required for at least one of the two ... 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
Bulgarian Orthodox Christians celebrate honey, pray for health of bees amid threat of cold
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
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
Bulgarian Orthodox Church Slams In Vitro Fertilization, Surrogacy
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
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 Patriarch Calls for Universal Understanding on Christmas
26/12/2011 Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Maxim held Sunday the solemn Christmas mass at the St Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia. "On this great day, it ... Read More
Bulgarian Orthodox Church controversies deepen
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
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
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