Initiative calls on Pope, Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch to visit former Belene prison camp
An initiative has been launched calling for Pope Francis and Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Neofit to visit the former Belene
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Pope Francis to hold talks with Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Neofit on May 5 in Sofia
The head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis, will hold talks with Bulgarian Orthodox Church head Patriarch Neofit on
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Bulgaria’s Parliament approves second reading of Religious Denominations Act amendments
Bulgaria’s National Assembly approved on December 21 the second and final reading of amendments to the Religious Denominations Act, legislation
Read moreBulgarian nationalist party congratulates Poroshenko on founding of independent Ukranian Orthodox church
The National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria (NFSB), an ultra-nationalist party that is part of the country’s governing coalition,
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Bulgarian Orthodox Church supports organ transplants – under certain conditions
The Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church has issued its position on organ transplants, a day after Health Minister
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Evangelical Protestant churches approach Council of Europe over Bulgaria’s Religions Act amendments
Human rights organisation ADF International and a coalition of Bulgarian Evangelical Protestant churches have filed a formal request with the
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Bulgarian government signs co-operation memorandum with World Jewish Congress, ‘Shalom’
Bulgaria’s Deputy Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev, who is the country’s National Co-ordinator for Combating Antisemitism, has signed on behalf of
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Bulgaria revises draft law on religions after objections from faith groups
Responding to objections from various faiths, parties in Bulgaria’s Parliament are revising amendments to the Religious Denomination Act before the
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Centenary of Armistice marked in Bulgarian capital on Remembrance Sunday 2018
The centenary of the Armistice at the close of the First World War was marked in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia at
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