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Bulgarian Orthodox Church metropolitan objects to plan for Pope John XXIII monument in Nessebur

August 11, 2013August 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church Metropolitan of Sliven, Yoanikii, has issued a statement objecting to reported plans for a monument to

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Bulgarian Orthodox Church agrees to intellectuals’ call for special ‘spiritual unity and moral transformation’ service

August 4, 2013August 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Peevski protests

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church is to hold a special prayer service for “spiritual unification and moral transformation of the Bulgarian

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Bulgarian Orthodox Church Holy Synod appoints Varna acting metropolitan

July 18, 2013July 18, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Varna

The Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church appointed Dorostol Metropolitan Ambrosii as temporary metropolitan of Varna on July 18.

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Varna acting metropolitan withdraws after priests object to him

July 12, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church metropolitan appointed as acting head of the Black Sea diocese of Varna after the death of

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Death of Metropolitan Kiril of Varna caused by hypothermia – bishop

July 10, 2013July 31, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Bulgarian Orthodox Church Metropolitan of Varna Kiril, found dead on a beach near Varna on July 9, appears to have

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Bulgarian Orthodox Church Varna Metropolitan Kiril found dead – updated

July 9, 2013July 31, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s Metropolitan of Varna, Kiril, has been found dead on a Black Sea beach, the Holy Synod

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch: Leaders should serve the people

July 5, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Neofit says that God puts people in positions of leadership not to satisfy their personal ambitions

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Bulgarian Orthodox Church calls for cancellation of Sofia Pride 2013 parade

June 17, 2013June 20, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

In what has become an annual ritual since the first Sofia Pride in 2008, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s governing body,

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Metropolitan Nikolai, football fans slam gay film festival in Plovdiv

June 12, 2013June 13, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Plovdiv

Bulgarian Orthodox Church Plovdiv Metropolitan Nikolai has slammed as “a shameful demonstration of the sin of Sodom” the holding of

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