Patriarchate of Bulgaria
Bulgarian govt allocates more than € 300,000 for Rila Monastery
The government will allocate 600,000 levs (about 307,000 euros) for the restoration, repair and maintenance of the Rila Monastery, one...
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Hundreds of worshippers gathered in churches in Bulgaria for Resurrection
Hundreds of Orthodox Christians gathered yesterday outside and inside churches in Bulgaria for the Resurrection Service. Bulgaria is among the...
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Open churches in Bulgaria – The services are also broadcast on the internet and radio
With the help of the internet and radio, the church services of Holy Week will reach the homes of Bulgarians,...
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Churches in Bulgaria remain open on Palm Sunday and Easter
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov announced today that Orthodox churches would remain open and that church services would be performed...
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Patriarch of Bulgaria: Despite the difficulties let us be with high spirits and pray ceaselessly
Patriarch Neophyte of Bulgaria addressed a message to the faithful, on the occasion of the coronavirus crisis. In his message,...
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Patriarchate of Bulgaria: All the churches remain open
Patriarch Neophyte of Bulgaria and the members of the Holy Synod held a meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister, Tomislav...
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Bulgarian Patriarch Neophyte celebrates his seventh year as Primate of the Bulgarian Church
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church celebrates the 7th anniversary of the patriarchal enthronement of the Bulgarian Patriarch Neophyte. On February 24,...
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Patriarchate of Bulgaria will not participate in Jordan primates’ synaxis
After the Georgian Orthodox Church, the Patriarchate of Bulgaria also refused to participate in the synaxis of Orthodox primates convened by...
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Patriarch Neophyte of Bulgaria celebrates his name day
Neophyte, the Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, on the feast of Martyr Neophytus of Nicea celebrates his name day....
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Metropolitan of Belgium: They should respect the great importance of Hagia Sophia for Christians, Orthodox and even more so for Greeks
The Metropolitan of Belgium and Exarch of the Netherlands and Luxembourg, Athenagoras, expressed regret over the decision of Turkish...
Archbishop of Cyprus: Turks are uncivilized and coarse – Europeans are indifferent
In his statement today for the Hagia Sophia, Archbishop Chrysostomos of Cyprus said that the Turks "remained uncivilized, coarse,...
Pope Francis is “saddened” over Hagia Sophia
With a brief and absolutely neutral reference to the issue of Hagia Sophia, Pope Francis commented on what was...
Church of Crete: Hagia Sophia is not deleted or written off
The Eparchial Synod of the Church of Crete refers in very strong terms to the decision to convert Hagia...
Feast of St. Paisios was celebrated in Sydney
On Sunday, July 12, the day that our Church celebrates the memory of St. Paisios of Mount Athos, Archbishop...
Archbishop of Athens: Insult and affront to all civilized humakind
Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and all Greece made a statement for the Athens News Agency (ANA) regarding the decision...