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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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Bulgarian Orthodox Church in Rousse elects two shortlisted candidates to be new Metropolitan

March 16, 2014March 18, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Two Bulgarian Orthodox Church bishops were shortlisted on March 16 2014 as candidates to be the next Metropolitan of Rousse:

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Bulgarian Parliament to clarify ownership of Sofia’s Alexander Nevsky cathedral

February 28, 2014March 4, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Legislation is being tabled in the National Assembly to clarify the ownership of Sofia’s landmark Alexander Nevsky cathedral, handing the

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Bulgarian Orthodox Church to elect new Metropolitan of Rousse in March

February 18, 2014February 23, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The election of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s new Metropolitan of Rousse, to succeed Neofit who became the church’s Patriarch in

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Bulgaria’s European Commissioner, church Patriarch in call for religious and ethnic tolerance

January 31, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Bulgaria’s European Commissioner, church Patriarch in call for religious and ethnic tolerance Bulgaria’s European Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva and Bulgarian Orthodox

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Bulgarian Orthodox Church elects new Nevrokop Metropolitan

January 19, 2014February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

With Patriarch Neofit casting a deciding vote after an even split in the Holy Synod, Bishop Serafim of Melnik was

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Bulgarian Orthodox Church voters shortlist candidates for new Nevrokop Metropolitan

January 12, 2014February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Clerics and laity in the town of Gotse Delchev voted on January 12 to shortlist two candidates for the vacant

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria in 2013: An ‘Annus Horribilis’ in pictures

January 6, 2014May 10, 2024 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Ahmed Dogan, Boiko Borissov, Bourgas terrorist attack, Bulgarian Orthodox Church, energy, macroeconomic indicators, Peevski protests, Plamen Oresharski, Syrian refugees

Arguably the first indication that Bulgaria was set for a year both bizarre and beset with turbulence was the strange

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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 Holy Synod elects Bishop Yoan new Metropolitan of Varna

December 22, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Varna

By nine votes to three, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s governing body, the Holy Synod, elected Znepol Bishop Yoan as the

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