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Bulgarian Orthodox Church decides against sending delegation to Jerusalem to fetch ‘Holy Fire’ for Easter 2026

April 9, 2026April 9, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Israel

The governing body of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, the Holy Synod, said on April 9 that it had decided against

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Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod unanimously elects Pahomiy as new Metropolitan of Vidin

February 9, 2025February 9, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The governing body of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, the Holy Synod, unanimously elected on February 9 Branitsa Bishop Pahomiy as

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Two bishops shortlisted to be Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s next Metropolitan of Vidin

February 2, 2025February 2, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

In a secret ballot vote in the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s diocese of Vidin on February 2, two bishops were shortlisted

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National Assembly legislates that Bulgarian Orthodox Church is country’s sole representative of Eastern Orthodoxy

January 31, 2025January 31, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church is the sole representative of the country’s traditional Eastern Orthodox Christianity and it alone may use

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Vidin Metropolitan Daniil elected as new Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch

June 30, 2024June 30, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church Metropolitan of Vidin, Daniil, was on June 30 elected as the church’s new Patriarch and Metropolitan

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Three candidates shortlisted to be Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s Patriarch

June 20, 2024June 20, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Meeting on June 20, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s governing body, the Holy Synod, shortlisted three of its members as candidates

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Bulgarian Orthodox Church begins process of electing new Patriarch

June 2, 2024June 3, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Bulgarian Orthodox Church dioceses began on June 2 playing their role in the process of electing a new Patriarch. The

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Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s governing body elects new Metropolitan of Sliven

May 26, 2024May 26, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

In a vote on May 26, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s governing body, the Holy Synod, elected Bishop Arseniy of Znepol

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Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s Sliven diocese shortlists two candidates in election of Metropolitan

May 19, 2024May 19, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

In a vote in the Bulgarian Orthodox Church diocese of Sliven on May 19, two out of six candidates were

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