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The governing body of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, the Holy Synod, elected Bishop Yakov as the new Metropolitan of Dorostol on October 25. Yakov, 49, thus becomes the Holy Synod’s […]
A member of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s governing body the Holy Synod, Metropolitan Amvrosiy of Dorostol, has died at the age of 78, the Hol ...
In an annual Easter ritual sacred to Orthodox Christians, the “holy fire” was distributed at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on Apri ...
The Sofia District Prosecutor’s Office has initiated an investigation into ultra-nationalist Ataka party leader and Sofia city councillor Volen ...
April 12 saw the number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria rise by six to a total of 675, and the death toll among those who had tested positive […]
A flight on a Bulgarian government aircraft to Israel to fetch the “Holy Fire” – a key part of Eastern Orthodox Christian Easter rituals – by a Bulgarian Orthodox Church […]
The head of Bulgaria’s crisis staff against Covid-19, Major-General Ventsislav Mutafchiyski, has issued a strong call to the country’s Orthodox Christian majority to not go to church services during Easter […]
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church will hold its 2020 Palm Sunday and Easter services outside churches, it emerged after a meeting between Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev, operational headquarters chief Major-General […]
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has ruled out for now a formal order for people to stay at home as a measure against Covid-19. Bulgarian National Radio reported Borissov as […]
The Bulgarian Oil and Gas Association said on March 17 that fuel stations would close toilets to the public, have stepped up disinfection and social distancing and are keeping staff […]
