Stormy weather: Drenching rain, hailstorms in Bulgaria at Orthodox Easter 2019
Three flights were redirected from Sofia Airport to Bulgaria’s Black Sea cities of Varna and Bourgas on April 27 as
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‘Holy fire’ appears at Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem as Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter
In an annual Easter ritual sacred to Orthodox Christians, the “holy fire” was distributed at the Church of the Holy
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Bulgaria’s government approves additional 20.7M leva subsidy for Orthodox church, Muslims
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s Cabinet approved on April 24 an additional 20.7 million leva (about 10.5 million euro) in
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Notre-Dame fire: Bulgarian Orthodox Church expresses ‘deepest support’ for the French people
Bulgarian Orthodox Church head Patriarch Neofit said on April 18 that the church had learnt with a broken heart about
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Orthodox Easter 2019: N Macedonia bishop to go with Bulgarian delegation to Jerusalem to fetch ‘Holy Fire’
A bishop from the “Macedonian Orthodox Church” will accompany a Bulgarian Orthodox Church delegation to Jerusalem at Easter 2019 to
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Bulgarian Orthodox Church refuses to take part in any services during Pope Francis’s visit
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s governing body says that while a meeting between Patriarch Neofit and Pope Francis is possible during
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Leaders of Bulgaria’s Muslims, Orthodox Christians back debt waiver legislation
Meeting Prime Minister Boiko Borissov on March 11, the leaders of the country’s Muslims and Bulgarian Orthodox Church expressed their
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Vatican announces full programme of Pope Francis’s May 2019 visit to Bulgaria
The Vatican announced on March 7 the full programme of the visit by Pope Francis to Bulgaria, confirmed for May
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Bulgarian parliamentary committee approves amendments writing off 8.2M leva debts of Chief Mufti, Orthodox Church
The religious denominations and human rights committee of the Bulgarian Parliament approved on March 7 the first reading of legislative
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