81% of Bulgaria’s population are Orthodox Christians – but 22% of them are atheists or agnostics
Bulgarians who declared themselve to be Orthodox Christians added up to more than six million in 2015, about 81 per
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Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Neofit marks 72nd birthday opening new church in Sofia
Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Neofit marked his 72nd birthday on October 15 with the consecration of a new church in
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Bulgarian Cabinet grants 310 000 leva for renovation of Bachkovo Monastery
Bulgaria’s Cabinet is granting 310 000 leva (about 158 522 euro) for renovations of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s Bachkovo Monastery,
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Bulgarian Orthodox Church has staff shortage of 1700 priests – trade unionist
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church has 8000 churches and monasteries but only 800 priests, when it needs 2500 to fulfil all
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Bulgarian Orthodox Church Vidin Metropolitan Dometian dies
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s Metropolitan of Vidin, Dometian, has died after a long illness, the Holy Synod said on September
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Bulgaria is a step closer to full membership of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance
The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) has decided to accept Bulgaria as a liaison country, the first state to take
Read moreBulgarian Jewish community confers awards on former president Plevneliev and late Metropolitan Neofit
At a moving ceremony at the Sofia Central Synagogue on June 8, the Shalom Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria
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Bulgarian Orthodox Church Metropolitan: President Radev’s office not telling the truth about audience with Pope
The statement by Bulgarian President Radev’s office that the reason that no Orthodox or Roman Catholic clergy from Bulgaria were
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Top cleric complains of absence of Bulgarian Orthodox Church clergy at Radev’s audience with Pope Francis
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church Metropolitan of Western and Central Europe, Anthony, has complained that none of the church’s clergy were
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