On 30 November, the Bulgarian Orthodox church honours the memory of the Apostle Andrew, known as First-Called. Together with his brother Peter he was among the first of Jesus Christ’s disciples. After the resurrection of Christ, when the apostles started preaching in different countries, Andrew travelled along what is now Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast and went to preach North.
After the St. Andrew’s day liturgy, a prayer for the health of Bulgarian Patriarch Neophyte took place at the chapel of Sofia University’s Faculty of Theology.
The 78-year old Patriarch of Bulgaria was admitted to hospital because of an exacerbation of a chronic lung condition. In the time of his hospitalization, the Holy Synod meetings are presided over by the most senior cleric, the Metropolitan Gregory of Veliko Tarnovo, the Holy Synod has announced.
Almost 40 years ago, Bulgarian Orthodox Church communities were established in Western and Central Europe in several cities - Budapest, Munich, Vienna, Stockholm, Malmö, Oslo and Paris. With Bulgaria's accession to the European Union and the expansion..
On February 4, Blagoevgrad will commemorate the 153rd anniversary of the birth of Bulgarian revolutionary Gotse Delchev with a wreath-laying ceremony. The ceremony will take place at 11am in front of the hero's monument on Macedonia Square. Voivode..
In 2024, the National History Museum sent expeditions to 22 archaeological sites. More than 1,400 artifacts were found during the season spanning the period from prehistoric times down to the Middle Ages. The most significant of these discoveries are..
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