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Two candidates shortlisted in Bulgarian Orthodox Church Varna Metropolitan election re-run

December 15, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Varna

The electoral college in the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s Varna diocese shortlisted, in a vote on December 15 2013, two candidates

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Bulgaria 

Four favourites in election of Bulgarian Orthodox Church Varna Metropolitan – report

December 13, 2013December 15, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Four bishops have emerged as favourites in the election of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s new Metropolitan of Varna, the first

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The headquarters in Sofia of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. Photo: Clive Leviev-Sawyer
Bulgaria 

Bulgarian bishop to face ecclesiastical court for libel and damaging church’s reputation

November 26, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Varna

Ignatii, vicar of the Sliven bishopric and previously elected one of two candidates to be the next Metropolitan of Varna,

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Bulgaria 

New election of Bulgarian church Varna metropolitan set for December 22

November 25, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The controversy-wracked election of a new Metropolitan of Varna of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church is set for a re-run on

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Bulgaria 

Shortlisted candidate withdraws from controversy-hit election of Varna Metropolitan

November 18, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Bulgarian Orthodox Church Bishop Ignatii, one of two candidates shortlisted in a disputed election on November 17 for the new

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church in Varna elects two candidates to be the new Metropolitan

November 17, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Thirty electors of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church diocese in the Black Sea city of Varna chose on November 17 two

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The headquarters in Sofia of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. Photo: Clive Leviev-Sawyer
Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church elects Bishop Antonii new Metropolitan of Western and Central Europe

October 27, 2013October 31, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The governing body of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, the Holy Synod, has elected Konstantine Bishop Antonii (35) as the new

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian, Ecumenical Orthodox Patriarchs discuss convening of ‘Great Ecumenical Council’

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

Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Neofit and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartolomeos, meeting in Istanbul, have discussed the need to hold a “Great

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Bulgaria 

Parliamentary committee proposes subsidy for Roman Catholic church in Bulgaria

September 19, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Members of Bulgaria’s parliamentary committee on religious affairs are proposing for the first time to include the Roman Catholic church

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