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Meeting Prime Minister Boiko Borissov on March 11, the leaders of the country’s Muslims and Bulgarian Orthodox Church expressed their support for legislation that scraps more than eight million leva […]
The Vatican announced on March 7 the full programme of the visit by Pope Francis to Bulgaria, confirmed for May 5 to 7 2019. Pope Francis will arrive ...
The religious denominations and human rights committee of the Bulgarian Parliament approved on March 7 the first reading of legislative amendments tha ...
Bulgarian Orthodox Church Lovech Metropolitan Gavriil, now at the centre of a controversy over a stance that falsely claimed to represent the church r ...
A controversial opinion purported to be from the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod urging a ban on terminations of pregnancy, for religion to be a compulsory subject in schools, no […]
Repairs and restoration work on the landmark Alexander Nevsky cathedral in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia would cost about four million leva (about two million euro), according to an interdepartmental commission. A […]
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s governing body, the Holy Synod, has called for a complete rewrite of the government’s National Strategy for the Child 2019-2030, urging a ban on terminations of […]
Bulgaria’s Cabinet is allocating an additional five million leva (about 2.5 million euro) to the Religions Directorate to help pay the salaries of Bulgarian Orthodox Church clergy, Prime Minister Boiko […]
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church has rejected reports in Ukrainian media that its governing body has decided to support the autocephaly of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. The Ukrainian reports emerged after […]
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church will address the question of the autocephaly of the “Macedonian Orthodox Church” after the process of the new name of the former Yugoslav republic has been […]
