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Author: Clive Leviev-Sawyer

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Public infighting opens among top Bulgarian clergy in Patriarch succession battle

November 12, 2012November 12, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Eulogies for the late Patriarch Maxim, the long-standing head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, praised him as a unifier –

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Bulgaria News 

Remembrance Day commemorated in Sofia: Photo Gallery

November 12, 2012November 12, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria says solemn final farewell to Patriarch Maxim

November 9, 2012November 9, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

The simple and sacred surroundings of Troyan Monastery became the final resting place of the late Bulgarian Orthodox Church head

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Bulgaria News Perspectives 

Bulgaria to hit political turbulence over fighter jet purchase plans?

November 9, 2012November 9, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Days of silence have descended over the potentially controversial current plan by Bulgaria to go ahead with soliciting offers to

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News World 

Obama victory speech: ‘The best is yet to come’

November 7, 2012November 7, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

In a victory speech that was a tour de force of oratory, invoking the American dream and a vision of

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Bulgaria News 

Books of condolences opened at Bulgarian diplomatic missions after death of church Patriarch Maxim

November 7, 2012November 7, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Books of condolences are being opened at Bulgarian diplomatic missions in Europe and America after the death of Bulgarian Orthodox

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The headquarters in Sofia of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. Photo: Clive Leviev-Sawyer
Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church to take first steps towards choosing new Patriarch after death of Maxim

November 6, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

The leadership of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church has seven days from November 6, the date of the death Patriarch Maxim,

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Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia. Photo: Clive Leviev-Sawyer
Bulgaria News 

Bells toll as Bulgaria mourns Patriarch Maxim

November 6, 2012November 6, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

The bells of Sofia’s landmark Alexander Nevsky cathedral tolled repeatedly on the morning of November 6 2012, while requiem services

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Bulgaria News 

Plovdiv’s arsenal in its bid to be European Capital of Culture 2019

November 2, 2012August 22, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Among the more than nine Bulgarian cities and towns bidding to be named European Capital of Culture in 2019, Plovdiv

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