Bulgarian church Plovdiv Metropolitan in new controversy over political statements
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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Bulgarian Orthodox Church speaks out against ‘laughter yoga’ school exam question
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
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’
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’
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’
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
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
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
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church Metropolitan of Varna, Yoan, made a call on October 31 against the growing popularity of Halloween
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