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Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Neofit’s grave desecrated

April 16, 2024April 16, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The grave of the late Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Neofit has been desecrated by unidentified perpetrators, the church’s governing body,

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Bulgarian Orthodox Church to elect new Patriarch on June 30

March 19, 2024March 19, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

A Patriarchal Electoral Church Council will meet on June 30 to elect a new Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church,

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Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Neofit buried at St Nedelya church after funeral procession

March 16, 2024March 16, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Senior Bulgarian Orthodox Church and other clergy, state and government leaders, a military band and large numbers of lay people

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Funeral of Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Neofit

March 16, 2024March 16, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The funeral of Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Neofit was held in Alexander Nevsky cathedral in capital city Sofia on March

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Handover of mandate to bid to form government postponed because of church Patriarch’s death

March 14, 2024March 14, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev has postponed the handover ceremony of the first mandate to seek to form a government, which

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Bulgaria 

Late Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Neofit’s funeral to be on March 16

March 14, 2024March 14, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

A service in memory of late Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Neofit will be held on March 15 at 9am in

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Bulgaria 

Head of Roman Catholic Church in Bulgaria sends condolences on death of Patriarch Neofit

March 14, 2024March 14, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The head of the Episcopal Conference of the Catholic Church in Bulgaria, Bishop Hristo Proykov, expressed condolences in a message

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Bulgaria 

Tributes stream in for late Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Neofit

March 14, 2024March 14, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Tributes have been streaming in for late Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Neofit after the church’s governing body, the Holy Synod,

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Bulgaria 

Neofit, Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, dies at 78

March 13, 2024March 13, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Neofit, Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church and thus the head of its governing body the Holy Synod, has died

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