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Bulgarian court rejects case over ownership of Alexander Nevsky cathedral

December 23, 2015January 4, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Sofia

Bulgaria’s Supreme Administrative Court has rejected a court action challenging the proceedings by which the Cabinet awarded ownership of Sofia’s

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Bulgarian Orthodox Church holds liturgies for the dead in Paris terrorist attacks

November 15, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Memorial liturgies were held on November 15 in all Bulgarian Orthodox churches for the victims of the series of terrorist

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Bulgaria 

Political row in Bulgaria over Ecumenical Patriarch continues

November 11, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Greece, Rossen Plevneliev

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I may find himself waiting a long time, perhaps forever, before he gets invited to visit Bulgaria

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Ecumenical Patriarch’s visit to Bulgaria ends with question marks over cancelled events

November 10, 2015November 11, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgarian Orthodox Church

A visit by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I to Bulgaria ended with eyebrows raised as a meeting with Prime Minister Boiko

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Bulgarian Patriarch, Ecumenical Patriarch jointly celebrate liturgy at Sofia’s Alexander Nevsky cathedral

November 8, 2015November 10, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Bulgarian Orthodox Church head Patriarch Neofit and his guest Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew jointly celebrated a liturgy on November 8 in

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Bulgarian President confers highest state honour on Patriarch of Bulgarian Orthodox Church

November 5, 2015November 5, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian head of state President Rossen Plevneliev conferred the country’s highest honour, the Stara Planina first degree, on Neofit, Patriarch

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to confer highest state honour on Orthodox Church head

October 13, 2015October 13, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Bulgaria’s Cabinet said on October 13 that it had proposed to head of state President Rossen Plevneliev to confer the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church tells government: Don’t admit more refugees

September 25, 2015September 28, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Syrian refugees

The governing body of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, the Holy Synod, has called on the country’s government not to admit

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church Plovdiv Metropolitan continues campaign for mayoral candidate

August 16, 2015September 1, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2015, Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Plovdiv

The controversial Metropolitan of Plovdiv, Nikolai, has continued his campaign for a candidate in Bulgaria’s forthcoming mayoral elections, issuing an

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