Tag: Bulgarian Orthodox
Bulgarian Orthodox Church Honors Batak Martyrs for 1st Time
16/5/2011 The holy relics of the Bulgarian Batak martyrs will be taken out of the Sveta Nedeliya church in the town for the first time ... Read More
Bulgarian Orthodox Church Honors Sts Cyril and Methodius
11/5/2011 Bulgaria's Orthodox Church celebrates Wednesday, May 11, the feast day of Sts. Cyril and Methodius, two of the fathers of the Slavic literary culture. ... Read More
Bulgarian PM Vows Support for Orthodox Church
14/4/2011 Bulgaria's Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, met Thursday with the members of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, the cabinet press office informs. ... Read More
Bulgarian Church Canonizes Victims of Ottoman Atrocities in 1876
3/4/2011 The Bulgarian Orthodox Church has canonized the martyrs of massacres committed against Bulgarian civilians by Ottoman irregulars and troops in the April Uprising of ... Read More
Bulgarian Church Canonizes Batak Massacre Victims
2/4/2011 The Bulgarian Orthodox Church will canonize over Saturday and Sunday those massacred by Ottoman forces in Batak and Novo Selo during the 1876 April ... Read More
Bulgaria Rebel Clergy Leader Dies in Car Crash
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
Bulgarian Orthodox Church Honors St. Sofrony Vrachanski
11/3/2011 The Bulgarian Orthodox Church honors Friday St. Sofrony Bishop Vrachnaski, one of the leaders of the Bulgarian National Revival. Divine Liturgy will be served ... Read More
Holy Synod of Bulgarian Orthodox Church appoints new Bulgarian priest in Bucharest
12/2/2011 Bucharest. The Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church has appointed a new priest in Bucharest. This is archpriest Yoan Ivanov, a cleric of ... Read More
Honey and beehives are sanctified in Bulgarian Orthodox Church Ceremony
10/2/2011 David R Arnott writes:More details from photographer Vassil Donev: On St. Haralambos' Day, sick or blind people go to church and pray for healing. ... Read More
Macedonian Bulgarians Threaten Skopje with Switching to Bulgarian Orthodox Church
18/1/2011 The Bulgarian Cultural Club in Skopje (BCCS) has risen in protest against hate speech by Archbishop Stefan, the head of the Macedonian Orthodox Church, ... Read More
Bulgarian Orthodox Church Marks Winter Holy Cross Day
5/1/2011 The Bulgarian Orthodox Church marks Wednesday the winter Holly Cross Day. Bulgarian people believe that on January 5th, the so-called "dirty days," which begin ... Read More
Bulgarian Orthodox Church Rises against Ancient Greek God Statue
29/12/2010 The Bulgarian Orthodox Church has reacted strongly against the intention of authorities of the town of Sozopol to erect a statue of Ancient Greek ... Read More
New Trade Union Founded
14/12/2010 Priests organized in a trade union. It is forbidden, metropolitan counters Bulgarian orthodox priests have founded a trade union unit as part of Podkrepa ... Read More
Bulgarian Orthodox Church head: ‘I am not dead’
11/12/2010 Bulgarian Orthodox Church head Patriarch Maxim has joined a list that includes Mark Twain, Paul McCartney and Steve Jobs in rejecting rumours that he ... Read More
Christmas Fast Purifies Bulgarians’ Bodies and Souls
15/11/2010 Bulgarian Orthodox Christians enter Wednesday a forty-day fast hailing the humbleness of soul and body to meet the birth of Jesus Christ. The Long ... Read More
Putin Pays Respect to St. John Relics, Honors Bulgarian Patriarch
13/11/2010 Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin completed his state visit to Sofia by paying respect to the relics of St. John the Baptist and by ... Read More
Bulgarian Orthodox Christians Mark Archangel All Souls’ Day
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
Bulgarian Orthodox Patriarch Maxim Celebrates 96th Birthday
29/10/2010 His Holiness Patriarch Maxim celebrates his 96th birthday Friday, receiving congratulations from high officials. As usual, the Patriarch spends his birthday in the Troyan ... Read More
Bulgarian Orthodox Church observes St. John of Rila Day
Sofia. The Bulgarian Orthodox Church observes the day of Saint John of Rila, which falls on October 19 every year. St. John of Rila is ... Read More
Bulgarian Orthodox Christians Celebrate Petkovden
14/10/2010 The Bulgarian Orthodox Church celebrates Petkovden on Thursday October 14, a day that marks the beginning of winter in the country. On this day, ... Read More
Bulgarian Orthodox Church Rallies 10000 to Demand Religion in Schools
24/9/2010 Some 10 000 people took part in a procession in Sofia organized by the Bulgarian Orthodox Church to demand the study of religion in ... Read More