Bulgarian Orthodox Church rejects invitation to 1000th anniversary of Ohrid Archbishopric
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s governing body, the Holy Synod, voted on May 14 to refuse an invitation from Archbishop Stefan
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Bulgarian Orthodox Church Holy Synod to meet on Macedonian church question
The governing body of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, the Holy Synod, will meet this week on questions including whether it
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Orthodox Easter 2018: For the first time, Bulgarian church delegation passes ‘holy fire’ to Macedonian church
The official Bulgarian Orthodox Church delegation bringing the “holy fire” from Jerusalem for Easter 2018 on April 7 was met
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Orthodox Easter 2018: ‘Holy Fire’ appears at Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem
In an annual Easter ritual sacred to Orthodox Christians, the “holy fire” was distributed at the Church of the Holy
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Orthodox Easter 2018: Bulgarian Orthodox Church could face issue with Macedonian church over ‘Holy Fire’
A key element of celebrations of Easter among Orthodox Christians is the sharing of the “Holy Fire” which they believe
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New representative of Russian Patriarch Kirill arrives in Sofia
Archimandrite Vassian Zmeev, the new representative in Bulgaria of Russian Patriarch Kirill, has arrived in Sofia and held talks with
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Bulgarian Orthodox Church defends President Radev over meeting with Russian Patriarch Kirill
The leadership of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church has come to the defence of President Roumen Radev amid the controversy over
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Bulgarian Orthodox Church honoured for 1940s role in rescue of Bulgarian Jews from Holocaust
The organisations of Bulgarian Jews in this country and in Israel conferred honours on March 8 on the Bulgarian Orthodox
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Russian Patriarch Kirill’s visit to Bulgaria for Liberation Day hit by controversies
The visit by Russian Patriarch Kirill to Bulgaria for celebrations of the country’s 140th anniversary of liberation from Ottoman rule
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