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The headquarters in Sofia of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. Photo: Clive Leviev-Sawyer
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Bulgarian Orthodox Church speaks out against ‘laughter yoga’ school exam question

June 24, 2015June 26, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Laughter yoga is no laughing matter as far as the Bulgarian Orthodox Church is concerned, with inclusion of the topic

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Bulgaria 

Don’t call me king during liturgies, Saxe-Coburg tells Bulgarian Orthodox Church

May 9, 2015May 12, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Bulgaria’s former monarch and former prime minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg has written to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s governing body the Holy

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian top clergy backtrack on honouring Saxe-Coburg as ‘Tsar of Bulgarians’

May 7, 2015May 9, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Two Bulgarian Orthodox Church metropolitans have backtracked on the controversial decision by the church’s governing body, the Holy Synod, to

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Bulgaria 

Controversy continues over Bulgarian church honouring Saxe-Coburg as ‘king’

May 4, 2015May 7, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Georgi Purvanov, Rossen Plevneliev

The decision by the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s governing body, the Holy Synod, for former monarch and former prime minister Simeon

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President urges rethink on church honouring Saxe-Coburg as ‘Tsar of Bulgarians’

May 2, 2015May 7, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian head of state President Rossen Plevneliev has called on the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church to reconsider

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church includes blessing for Saxe-Coburg as ‘Tsar of Bulgarians’ in liturgies

April 30, 2015May 4, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s governing body, the Holy Synod, has decided to include a blessing for Simeon Saxe-Coburg as “His

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian church clergy, laity protest against proposed promotion of controversial cleric

December 9, 2014December 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Bulgarian Orthodox Church clergy and laity held a peaceful protest outside the Sofia headquarters of the Holy Synod, the church’s

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church metropolitan speaks out against growing popularity of Halloween in Bulgaria

October 31, 2014November 2, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church Metropolitan of Varna, Yoan, made a call on October 31 against the growing popularity of Halloween

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Bulgaria 

Ownership of landmark Alexander Nevsky cathedral settled as Bulgarian Orthodox Church gets title deed

October 1, 2014October 1, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Sofia

After years of uncertainty and disputes about the ownership of Sofia landmark Alexander Nevsky cathedral, Bulgaria’s caretaker cabinet settled the

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