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Christians in Bulgaria mark Pentecost

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Christians in Bulgaria mark Pentecost, which is always observed on Sunday, 50 days after Easter. His Holiness Bulgarian Patriarch Neophyte has served a solemn liturgy in the Romanian Orthodox Holy Trinity Church in Sofia, where bishop of Contsanza Theodosius was also present. On the occasion of Pentecost he has brought to Bulgaria the relics of the first martyrs from the region of Dobrudzha - Saints Epiktet and Astion.



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