Tag: Patriarch Neofit

Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Neofit to visit Russia

OCP- May 18, 2014

May 2014 Patriarch Neofit, head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, is to visit Russia from May 23 to 29, the church’s governing body the Holy ... Read More

Bulgarian Orthodox Patriarch Calls for Peace on Christmas

OCP- December 25, 2013

25/12/13 Bulgarian Orthodox Patriarch Neofit held Wednesday his first solemn Christmas mass at the St Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia. Neofit wished “peace and blessing” ... Read More

Public prayer for spiritual unification is to be held in Bulgaria’s St. Alexander Nevski cathedral

OCP- August 6, 2013

6/8/13 Sofia. A public prayer for spiritual unification and moral transfiguration of the Bulgarian people is to be held in Saint Alexander Nevski cathedral on ... Read More

Bulgarian Orthodox Patriarch Worried by Political Turmoil

OCP- August 6, 2013

August 2013 Bulgarian Orthodox Patriarch Neofit has described the current situation in Bulgaria as worrying, assuring he prays for God’s mercy. “The situation in Bulgaria ... Read More

Varna Metropolitan Bishop Kiril Buried

OCP- July 11, 2013

11/7/13 Varna metropolitan bishop Kiril, who was found dead on the sea beach nearVarna on July 9, was buried on Thursday. The funeral was attended by clerics, laity and officials, ... Read More

Powerful Bulgarian Bishop Found Dead, Foul Play Suspected

OCP- July 9, 2013

  9/7/13 The dead body of Varna metropolitan bishop Kiril, a former interim Patriarch and one of the most powerful members of the country’s senior clergy, was discovered ... Read More

Bulgarian Patriarch: Leaders should serve the people

OCP- July 6, 2013

By Clive Leviev – Sawyer of The Sofia Globe 6/7/13 Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Neofit says that God puts people in positions of leadership not ... Read More

Bulgarian Patriarch: Kids Need to Know More about Orthodox Christianity

OCP- May 20, 2013

19/5/13 Bulgarian kids should have the opportunity to learn about their Orthodox Christian heritage, stated Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Neofit. Sunday Neofit extended an address to the clergy and people of ... Read More

Patriarch Neofit of Bulgaria receives delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church

OCP- February 27, 2013

On February 26, 2013, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, met with His Holiness Neofit, Patriarch of ... Read More

Bulgaria’s Chief Mufti congratulates Patriarch Neofit

OCP- February 26, 2013

26/2/13 Bulgaria's Chief Mufti, Mustafa Hadzhi, has extended congratulations to Bulgaria's new Orthodox Patriarch Neofit. "It is an exceptional honor to me to offer the ... Read More

Patriarch Neofit:The Cross is Heavy

OCP- February 25, 2013

25/2/13 Heavy is the cross that God and our Holy Church are giving me today, but in God's words I trust and ask him for ... Read More