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Bells to peal as Bulgarian Orthodox Church celebrates 150th anniversary of Exarchate

February 10, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

A service of thanksgiving prayer, accompanied by the pealing of church bells, will be held on February 28 2020 at

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Bulgaria 

Police probe ‘blue light’ on Bulgarian Orthodox Church Metropolitan’s car

August 21, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Plovdiv

Police in Sofia and in Plovdiv have begun an investigation following the publication of a photograph of an official car

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Bulgaria 

Prosecutors probe alleged fraud involving Bulgarian Orthodox Church real estate

July 10, 2019July 10, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Prosecutors have searched two notary offices in Sofia as part of an investigation into illegal transactions involving properties, some of

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Bulgaria 

Another Bulgarian Orthodox Church Metropolitan praises visit by Pope Francis

May 7, 2019May 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church Metropolitan of Western and Central Europe, Antonii, has become the second Metropolitan to praise the visit

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church Metropolitan of Rousse: ‘What threat is Pope Francis to us?’

May 7, 2019May 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church Metropolitan of Rousse, Naum, has praised Pope Francis as a good person and welcomed the Pope’s

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church Plovdiv Metropolitan Nikolai launches stinging attack on Pope’s visit

May 6, 2019May 6, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Plovdiv

Controversial hardline Plovdiv Metropolitan of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Nikolai, has launched a vitriolic attack on the visit to the

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Bulgaria 

Pope Francis in talks with Bulgarian Orthodox Church leaders: ‘This meeting which I so much wanted’

May 5, 2019May 7, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Pope Francis held talks with Patriarch Neofit and other leaders of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church at the Holy Synod headquarters

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Bulgaria 

Ahead of visit, Pope Francis addresses Bulgarian people in video message

May 3, 2019May 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Ahead of his May 5 to 7 visit to Bulgaria, Pope Francis has addressed a message to the country’s people

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Bulgaria 

Orthodox Easter 2019: Bishop from N Macedonia thanks Bulgaria for ‘brotherly love’

April 27, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Macedonia

In a historic first, a bishop from the “Macedonian Orthodox Church” flew on a Bulgarian government aircraft to Jerusalem to

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