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Bulgarian church Plovdiv Metropolitan in new controversy over political statements

August 9, 2015August 18, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Plovdiv

Metropolitan Nikolai, the head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s largest diocese, Plovdiv, has generated new controversy with statements attacking national

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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