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Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch, Chief Mufti underline good relations between Christians and Muslims

May 22, 2014May 23, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Bulgarian Orthodox Church head Patriarch Neofit and Chief Mufti Mustafa Hadji have held talks, emphasising good relations of mutual respect

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Muslim leader condemns hacking attack on Bulgarian Orthodox Church website

May 16, 2014May 19, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Plovdiv

The Chief Mufti, spiritual leader of Bulgaria’s Muslims, has condemned the hacking attack on the website of the Holy Synod

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Hacking attack on Bulgarian Orthodox Church website ‘revenge for assault on Plovdiv mosque’

May 15, 2014May 16, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Plovdiv

Hackers attacked the official website of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, leaving a message saying that this was revenge for the

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Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Neofit to visit Russia

May 14, 2014May 15, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Russia

Patriarch Neofit, head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, is to visit Russia from May 23 to 29, the church’s governing

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church rejects proposed partial ownership of Alexander Nevsky cathedral

April 28, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Sofia

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s governing body, the Holy Synod, has rejected a government proposal to award the church ownership of

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Bulgaria 

President meets Bulgarian church Patriarch ahead of trip to Rome for canonisation of Popes

April 25, 2014April 27, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Rossen Plevneliev

President Rossen Plevneliev has held talks with Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Neofit ahead of the head of state’s trip to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church head Patriarch Neofit holds talks with Turkish ambassador in Sofia

April 8, 2014April 8, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Issues including the property of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church in Turkey, problems linked to the flow of Syrian refugees and

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Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Neofit’s first ‘year of change’

March 23, 2014May 10, 2024 Momchil Metodiev Bulgarian Orthodox Church

With the election of the Secretary of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Bishop Naum, as the new

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Bulgaria 

Bishop Naum elected as new Bulgarian Orthodox Church Metropolitan of Rousse

March 23, 2014March 25, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Rousse

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s governing body, the Holy Synod, on March 23 2014 elected Bishop Naum of Stob as the

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